Canton Crash Injures High School Students
A Friday accident sent six students to the hospital.
The following is a letter from Canton Superintendent of Schools Jeffrey Granatino:
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Highlights from the Canton School Committee: Construction, Math Department and New Principal Search
Catch up on the latest school updates. The school committee is meeting tonight at 7:00 p.m at Canton High.
Catch up on all the latest school news and announcements before tonight's meeting. The Canton School Committee is meeting tonight at 7:00 p.m. at Canton High School. Here are a few highlights from last week's meeting.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Canton School District Grappling with Budget
The Canton School Committee is working on the FY2012 budget and $1 million shortfall.
The Canton School Committee is grappling with the Fiscal Year 2012 budget. On Thursday, the Superintendent of Canton Public Schools Jeff Granatino made a budget presentation to the committee. Currently, the School Committee is looking at a $31.7 million budget for Canton Public Schools and needs to cut about $1.3 million, School Committee Chair Reuki Schutt said. In January, the committee presented a very preliminary budget to the town’s Finance Committee, Granatino said. “It’s obviously a very time consuming process that every district goes through,” he said. “When you build a budget, their needs are what we try to meet,” he said of the students and teachers in the classrooms. Over the last two months, the schools’ principals presented …
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Snow Still Impacting Canton
Canton Fire responds to several snow-related calls.
Although Mother Nature has finally laid off with the snowfall, the snow and ice is still impacting residents and businesses in Canton. Yesterday morning, the Canton Fire Department responded to 120 Shawmut Road, a commercial building, for a roof inspection. There was a "noticeable deflection and protruding sprinkler heads" in the building, Canton Fire Lt. Thomas Driscoll said. Canton Building Inspector Ed Walsh "closed the building until the heavy snow load is removed from the roof and a structural engineer deems the building safe to occupy again," Driscoll said. On Monday, students at the the Hansen Elementary School had an extra day off due to the heavy snow load on the school's roof. School maintenance officials noticed the snow load on…
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Saturday, December 4, 2010
School Committee Approves Long-Term Capital Debt
The committee approved $863K for maintenance, repairs.
The Canton School Committee approved an $863,000 plan for long-term capital debt at this week's committee meeting. The plan, which covers fiscal years 2012 through 2016, allows for needed expenses to be paid for over the next five years. The expenses include a new roof for the Rodman building, a roof replacement for one section of the high school, the installation of fire sprinklers in the JFK School addition and HVAC improvements and maintenance. The School Committee is waiting to hear from the Massachusetts School Building Authority on whether or not they have received funding for the roofing work. If the town doesn't receive the reimbursements, the committee is able to "change our minds" on approving that portion of the long term …
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Superintendent of Schools Keeping Tabs on Incident at JFK
Superintendent Jeff Granatino said there is no safety threat.
Superintendent of Schools Jeff Granatino said today that Canton Police and school officials are still monitoring the incident that gave the JFK School's staff and students a scare on Tuesday. "Police are still monitoring the situation," he said of the reported spotting of a stranger with a camera near the JFK School playground Tuesday. "There is nothing to give evidence that shows there is someone we should be looking for." Police have reached out to other communities regarding the incident, and the school has extra staff on hand during recess, along with some parent volunteers, to "keep an eye out," Granatino said in an interview with Canton Patch. Principal Jan Chamberlain has been speaking to several classes throughout the week, he …
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Christine Smith
10:35 pm on Thursday, May 26, 2011
The current principal at the Hansen has only been there a couple of years...maybe three. I did not realize he was leaving. more ›