It is the town’s oldest school, built in 1910, a place that has educated generations of immigrants, including some of Plymouth’s newest residents. For many of its students, English is not their first language. Two thirds of them come from low-income households, compared with 31 percent townwide. “We have families that have been in North […]
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Legislation aims to help Plymouth schools cope with $11 million in transportation costs
Two local state representatives have proposed legislation that would lower school transportation costs for geographically large towns in Massachusetts, including Plymouth, which at 104 square miles is the state’s biggest geographically. The bill aims to establish the Extraordinary Routes Relief Fund for non-regional school districts facing high transportation costs. It’s being championed by Rep. Michelle […]
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Nursing program is critical to health of Quincy College’s Cordage campus
Adam Coste took a roundabout route to nursing. He dropped out of Plymouth North High School in ninth grade, at the age of 16, in 2014. The next year-and-a-half, he said, was a blur. “I was working random jobs, trying to make myself useful in society,” Coste said. Eleven years later, he is one of […]
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Special education director steps down after seven months on the job
The town’s top special education official has resigned — days after a parent threatened legal action against her. Christine Smith, Plymouth Public Schools’ director of special education since July, quit in early February, after just seven months on the job, according to town records. Her resignation came less than two weeks after a parent alleged […]
