Danvers High School

A report from the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey found that the Danvers Public School District failed in its response to discriminatory behavior among high school athletes. Healey’s office had been investigating how school leaders addressed allegations of troubling behavior on the varsity hockey team at Danvers High School. It said Monday that the school district had...

The superintendent of schools in Danvers, Massachusetts, has announced her retirement amid the continued investigation into the district’s handling of hazing allegations. Dr. Lisa Dana was not available for comment Wednesday. The school committee issued a statement, but did not draw any connection between her decision to retire and the hazing scandal on the Danvers High School hockey team....

The Massachusetts attorney general’s office is investigating the response of school leaders in Danvers to allegations of troubling behavior on the high school hockey team. This all comes after allegations surfaced last year of racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic behavior by the boys’ varsity hockey team during the 2019-2020 season. “Homophobic, racist comments like that, which is bullying at best...

The Danvers Public Schools district sent a message to families Tuesday afternoon to inform them the wrestling team had been suspended and to reveal that a full investigation is underway

District officials announced Tuesday that they have suspended the Danvers High School wrestling team after a fight between two students prompted another investigation at the Massachusetts school.

Following a string of incidents in Danvers, residents of the town held a vigil of inclusion outside the town’s library.

Danvers school officials are expected to discuss Monday whether to remove the district’s superintendent over an alleged attempt to cover up bigoted locker room behavior by the 2019-2020 boys varsity high school hockey team.

Danvers school officials are expected to discuss Monday whether to remove the district’s superintendent over an alleged attempt to cover up bigoted locker room behavior by the 2019-2020 boys varsity high school hockey team. Danvers High School has been roiled by the description of rituals where players disrobed and were fondled, something dubbed “Gay Tuesday,” and where players were...

Teachers in Danvers, Massachusetts, are praising a student-athlete who came forward to detail violent, sexual, homophobic and racist hazing rituals in a high school hockey team locker room. Danvers High School has been roiled by the description of rituals where players disrobed and were fondled, something dubbed “Gay Tuesday,” and where players were roughed up if they didn’t shout...

Calls for Danvers community leaders to resign are growing louder over an alleged attempt to cover up bigoted locker room behavior by the 2019-2020 boys varsity high school hockey team.

Calls for Danvers community leaders to resign are growing louder over an alleged attempt to cover up bigoted locker room behavior by the 2019-2020 boys varsity high school hockey team. During a contentious Danvers School Committee meeting Monday night, community members questioned why nothing has been done since a hockey player first reported being abused about a year and a…