K-6 School District To Hire An Interim Superintendent for 2010-2011 School Year; Puts Sharing Superintendent With King Philip On Hold
By Matt McDonald
The Norfolk School Committee has backed off the idea of sharing a superintendent with King Philip, and the committee plans to hire an interim superintendent to replace Don LeClerc when he retires June 30. So is the shared superintendent idea dead? It hasn’t been mortally wounded, but it has been hit by a stun gun. More...
Norfolk Elementary Schools Would Need Increases in Bus Fee, Other Fees If Budget Increase in 2010-2011 Is Zero, Superintendent Says
By Matt McDonald
Norfolk’s elementary superintendent is recommending doubling the current $90-a-year school bus fee, adding a $10-a-month music fee, increasing full-day kindergarten fees, and eliminating a school psychologist and professional development stipends for teachers if the elementary schools get no budget increase in the coming school year. More...
Selectmen will likely ask voters for an operating budget override of Proposition 2 ½ this spring. That’s because selectmen consider likely cuts that would have to be made without an override to be unacceptable. More...
Editor’s Note:
Norfolk Public Library is at 139 Main Street in Norfolk Center. All places and addresses below that do not specify a municipality are in the town of Norfolk. More...
Editor’s Note:
Norfolk has three churches and a fourth church congregation that uses the town’s library. St. Jude’s is planning to offer confessions from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays during Lent, part of the Archdiocese of Boston’s “The Light is On For You” program. The regular confession schedule of 4 to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays also continues. More...
Question from Carol D.:
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For these newfangled cars, which include my Mini, the car tells you when you need your oil changed. It worked out that I was able to get about 13,000 miles before More...
NATIONAL MERIT
SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM FINALISTS
Out of 16,000 semi-finalists named in September, Caleb Fields, Samantha Grosso, and Marie Willman have advanced to Finalist standing in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program by demonstrating through distinguished performance high potential for future academic accomplishment. More...
The following are some meetings that were posted or announced recently. Boards and committees can schedule meetings, cancel meetings, or alter the starting times of meetings on relatively short notice. Norfolk Town Hall is at One Liberty Lane in Norfolk Center. More...
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