Field Narrowed to One in High School Principal Search

After the announcement that Marlborough High School principal Debra Roy would retire at the end of the school, a search committee began looking for a new administrator.

The Marlborough Public Schools administration announced Wednesday that they have narrowed their high school principal search to a final candidate. This comes in the wake of current principal Debra Roy's announcement that she would retire at the end of the 2011/12 school year.  After weeks of resume reviews, interviews, and two public meetings, Superintendent Anthony Pope has named Acton’s Raymond J. Grey Junior High Principal Craig Hardimon as Marlborough’s final candidate for the high school principalship next year. On Thursday of this week, Pope, members of his Superintendent’s Cabinet, and members of the High School Principal Interview Committee will do a site visit to Hardimon’s school, and on Friday Hardimon will visit Marlborough …

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5 Things You Need To Know Today: Feb. 17

There is a great opportunity to for you to help someone less fortunate enjoy their high school prom.

1. If you'd like to keep up on Marlborough news, but don't always remember to log on Marlborough Patch, our daily newsletter may be for you! The newsletter goes out each morning with the top stories from the day before, but there are several options to best fit your interests and lifestyle. We won't abuse your address, and we will never give your email to a third party.  2. The Newton Country Players’ upcoming production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a beloved story about family and love featuring two real-life sets of siblings and three sets of children getting to take the stage alongside their parents, including Marlborough’s Paul, Julia, and Lauren Chamberlin. Paul Chamberlin plays Jacob, the father of the title …

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High School Students Protest Absence of Assistant Principal

Marlborough High School students are asking for answers pertaining to the unexplained absence of Assistant Principal Adam Bakr.

A growing and mysterious controversy at Marlborough High School has come to a head this week: The long-time, unexplained absence of Assistant Principal Adam Bakr. Bakr, an administrator at the school for several years, has been out for almost two months and without any sort of explanation, said students.  There has even been a "Bring Bakr Back" Facebook page created that features messages from students and supporters of the administrator, along with copies of emails and petitions asking the school and city officials to bring Bakr back. There are also several photos of Bakr and even a video of a sit-in that students recently staged demanding answers to the absence. As of this post, nearly 450 people had "Liked" the page. The page's creator …

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5 Things You Need to Know Today: Jan. 25

Marlborough Public Schools are looking to end bullying today, and they need your help to ensure the 2012 seniors have a safe prom.

Our weekday morning column, 5 Things You Need to Know, provides you with information that can help you plan your day and give you some fodder for water cooler conversations. 1. Stroll the halls of any of the Marlborough Public Schools Wednesday, and you’ll probably notice something unusual: Most of the students will be dressed in black. Marlborough Public Schools are participating in the Jan. 25 “No Name Calling Day” activity of wearing black to “black out bullying.” The event is part of a weeklong awareness of, in particular, how name-calling is a form of bullying not to be tolerated and that students should take a stand against such behavior. Marlborough schools are using the entire week to concentrate on eliminating bullying behaviors. …

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UPDATE: Schools Resume with Full Bus Service

Thursday is still the projected date for return of service to Marlborough customers.

UPDATE, 10 a.m.: Mayor Nancy Stevens' office tells us that MPS is offering full bus service today, despite ongoing clean-up efforts on city roads. The information originally provided to Patch is said to have been a miscommunication.  _________________ The snow days are over for the time being and the kids will be back in school Wednesday morning.  A full class schedule will be awaiting, but some students may need some help getting there.  "Because a few roads are still in need of debris removal and/or repairs, parents are requested to facilitate getting their children to and from school as needed on Wednesday," said Beth Wagner, a spokesperson for the school system.  The Advanced Math and Science Academy will resume classes as well, and …

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Josh Gray

11:57 am on Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Good to know, Anita. Thanks.   more ›

All Marlborough Schools Cancel Monday Classes

MPS, Assabet and the Advanced Math and Science charter announced Sunday that school would be canceled on Monday due to widespread power outages.

The Marlborough Public School system, Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School and the Advanced Math and Science Academy have all anounced that all Monday classes have been canceled due to ongoing power outages that are a result of the Halloween weekend nor'easter. As residents report restored power in select portions of the city, much of the 30,000 customers that originally lost power are still in the dark as of nightfall on Sunday.  Marlborough Patch spoke with a national grid spokesperson Sunday morning who said that crews were working in the city to restore power, and reported Sunday afternoon to at least one city official that neighborhoods were likely to see some service restored by 7 p.m.  As of early evening several …

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Worcester Hockey Team, Mascot Visit Marlborough School with Health Initiative

The Walking School Bus initiative came to Marlborough Wednesday morning, as did several members of the Worcester Sharks and their mascot.

The "Walking School Bus" program began at the Richer Elementary School Wednesday with special visitors and members of the FINZ from the Worcester Sharks. For the Walking School Bus, students, along with parents and some teachers, met at 8:30 a.m. in the parking lot at the Ninety-Nine Restaurant on Boston Post Road West, and walk to the school together on Foley Road. "We are very excited to be joined by the FINZ," said media coordinator for the Richer School PTO, Mary Grgurevich. "The FINZ Fit Kidz is the flagship community program of the Worcester Sharks promoting fitness and healthy choices among kids. This assembly based program brings together the Sharks players and St. Vincent Hospital staff to visit schools throughout central Mass to …

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IMAGE GALLERY: Marlborough Preschoolers Read for the Record

Jumpstart's Read for the Record program came to Marlborough last week.

Marlborough Early Childhood Center (MECC) preschoolers participated in Read for the Record day last Thursday, Oct. 6. Classes met in the School Committee Room at the District Education Center, and participated in reading an online book on the large screen. This year’s Read for the Record book was Anna Dewdney's Llama Llama Red Pajama. Read for the Record brings millions of adults and children together in schools, libraries and community centers each year to set a new world record for the largest shared reading experience. "The Read for the Record activity complements the MECC’s '1,000 Books Before Kindergarten,' a pre-literacy effort aimed at encouraging families to read at least 1,000 books to their preschoolers before they enter …

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Schools Promise Laser-Like Focus on Student Achievement

Administrators, teachers to follow new core curriculum aligned with state standards.

It was a combination of Show and Tell and What I Did on my Summer Vacation as the School Committee on Tuesday, Aug. 30 heard from new administrators and teachers about how they plan to improve the Marlborough school system . With the reorganization of Marlborough High School to a traditional grades 9-12 and the Whitcomb School becoming a middle school with grades 5-8, there were a lot of changes in personnel and assignments during the summer. Staff have been meeting in teams and coordinating their work in curriculum development, special education and with the 6th grade and 9th grade STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Early College High School programs. In fact, all students who signed up for the new programs were …

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