PROVINCETOWN — For Christina Reid, 18 — a freshman at Boston’s Suffolk University, a 2020 graduate of Nauset Regional High School, and a third-through-eighth-grade alumna of Provincetown Schools — receiving […]
Learning
LEARNING
Provincetown Adds In-Person Hours for Older Students
A shortage of buses and drivers affects learning time
PROVINCETOWN — Sixth- through eighth-graders will be invited back to school for four more hours per week starting Thursday, Nov. 5, as the school slowly moves toward in-person learning. The […]
SCHOOLING
Nauset District Loses Students at All Levels
New state-of-the-art Cape Cod Tech is drawing away students
In early October each year, all of the state’s public schools finalize their enrollment numbers for the new school year, and school aid from the state follows. At the Nauset […]
LEARNING IN A PANDEMIC
State Questions Provincetown Schools on Staying Shut
Infant and toddler program is on recess after staff resignations
PROVINCETOWN — Provincetown Schools Supt. Suzanne Scallion has received a letter from state Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey Riley questioning her decision not to reopen the school for […]
BACK TO SCHOOL
Nauset High May Re-open Oct. 15
Ventilation system repairs not as costly as feared
EASTHAM — The Nauset Regional High School ventilation system turns out not to be as bad as expected, with the majority of classrooms expected to be ready for an Oct. […]
LEARNING AT A DISTANCE
Scallion Plans ‘Hybrid/Outdoor’ and ‘In-person/Remote’
Provincetown students will still not use classrooms
PROVINCETOWN — The Provincetown Schools superintendent has penciled in the date of Oct. 5 for some students to return to school, but not inside the building. “We’re not going to […]
SCREENS, NOT CLASSES
Schools to Offer Child Care in Gym
Former supt. criticizes remote learning plan for youngest students
PROVINCETOWN — Twenty-five children of working parents will be offered free child care in the Provincetown Schools gym as part of the school administration’s plan for completely remote learning when […]
LEARNING
Coalition Calls for Action on Child Care
A community conversation about addressing the crisis is planned
For years, child-care centers have survived by paying workers minimum wage and offering a service that is, for working parents, still just barely affordable. It is this reality that reveals […]
Nauset High Will Stay Closed After All
Report on ventilation system is ‘not pretty’
EASTHAM — Following a dismal report on the aging high school’s ventilation system, the Nauset Regional School Committee voted unanimously on Aug. 31 to keep the building closed to most […]
LEARNING
What Back to School Looks Like This Year
Two school districts, two plans , and two unhappy families
After months of missed classes, child care, sports, and summer camps, the question of when children can return to school is a pressing concern for many Outer Cape families. High […]
PEOPLE OF THE FIRST LIGHT
Eastham Looks to Set the Record Straight at 400th
Campfire series invites Indigenous historians to shift the storytelling
EASTHAM — Since 1620, the English side of the story of the Pilgrims’ landing at First Encounter Beach, and then Plymouth, has been the version most people learn in these […]
LEARNING
Outermost Schools to Start With 2 Weeks at Home
Supt. Scallion cites fear of visitors bringing virus
PROVINCETOWN — Citing fears about tourists bringing the coronavirus here and the large number of parents who are hospitality workers, the Provincetown Schools administration has opted for the most conservative […]
LEARNING
Nauset PreK-8th Grade Plan: Back in Buildings Sept. 16
Nauset High will try a hybrid of remote and in-person classes
EASTHAM — Nauset Regional High School students will attend school twice a week and stay home for remote learning on the other three days, while the plan for preschool through […]
COLLEGE WOES
Pandemic Forces Students to Make Difficult Choices
Remote learning doesn’t cost schools any less, so tuition is the same
For local students just about to begin college or preparing to return to university, the pandemic summer of 2020 presents unique and daunting choices. CDC guidelines say the lowest-risk option […]
TRANSITIONS
A Decision Well Beyond Their Years
How Outer Cape eighth graders choose a high school
For Jen Rhodes of Wellfleet, it was obvious where her eighth-grade son, Jack, should attend high school in the fall. She’d sent two daughters to technical schools, and knew that […]
