school closures

A failing building with a leaky roof was the home of two schools in Allston: The Jackson Mann and the Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. On June 27th, the Jackson Mann was closed, but the Horace Mann will remain in the same structure for at least another year. This is a tale of two schools.

Many Massachusetts school districts are sending students home Monday and Tuesday as oppressive heat continues over the next couple of days.

Norwood got more than a foot of snow, causing schools to cancel class and making a mess for many commuters.

When Boston Public Schools shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Fabienne Eliacin worried how her 13-year-old daughter, Leiya, would be able to learn remotely. Follow along their journey with us through the end of the year at nbcboston.com/zoomingin.

Storm damage and power outages have forced schools to cancel online classes Thursday including in Wayland, Holliston and an elementary school in Walpole.

Two University of Vermont students have filed a class-action lawsuit against the school seeking reimbursement of tuition and other fees, saying they have lost the benefit of in-person instruction and other activities when the campus closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. The students from New York and the United Kingdom filed the complaint in federal court in Burlington on Wednesday….

Massachusetts schools will remain closed for the rest of the year amid the coronavirus crisis, Gov. Charlie Baker announced Wednesday.

Advocates are calling on Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to keep schools closed amid the coronavirus crisis, claiming he has set off a “firestorm of concern” for educators and parents by failing to do so yet. “We are in the middle of a surge of cases,” Massachusetts Teachers Association President Merrie Najimy said. “The governor’s suggestion last week that he...

In an effort to further slow the spread of COVID-19, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott has extended school dismissals through the end of the academic year.

With Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker now extending statewide school closures to May 4, many parents who are still working are now scrambling to find childcare.

Schools in Massachusetts will be closed until May 4 at the earliest, and that’s having an impact on parents. For mom Darnisha Cohen of Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, Wednesday night held a trip to the supermarket. Her three kids are home all day and they need food. “It’s a lot of meal-making,” said Cohen. “Have to get up and do...

Massachusetts schools are preparing for extended closures due to the coronavirus pandemic.  Gov. Charlie Baker originally announced on March 7 that schools would be closed until April 7, a period of three weeks, but it’s starting to look like that date could change. Although Baker has not announced an extension to the statewide closures yet, some school districts have already…

The lingering snowstorm that swept through New England finally reached parts of northern and eastern Maine on Tuesday.

The lingering snowstorm that swept through New England finally reached parts of northern and eastern Maine on Tuesday, more than 24 hours after it had first started dumping snow on southern Maine. Virtually all Mainers felt its impact to varying degrees with widespread school closures and speed restrictions on the state’s 295 mile-long stretch of Interstate 95. The range of…