We have designed the region’s first wall-to-wall early college model, meaning every single student goes to college while in high school. Durfee High School and New Bedford High School do not offer the wall-to-wall experience.
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Opinion: OK, you’re sworn in … now comes the hard part
Helping people get a pothole filled, their trash picked up, or their child on a school bus, is among the best work you can do. It should produce the satisfying feeling of a job well done. That’s why you signed up for this, I hope.
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Social media: Readers react to The Light’s coverage of Keith Hovan’s magistrate hearing
Here’s how some readers have reacted to The Light’s latest coverage of Southcoast Health CEO Keith Hovan’s ammunition hearing.
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Lens: Chilly morning on the New Bedford waterfront
You think it’s tough to shovel out a parking space after 10 inches of snow? Try unloading 40 tons of fresh-caught groundfish on the windy New Bedford waterfront.
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Poetry: Ode to New Bedford Whaling Museum’s Moby-Dick Marathon
We come from around the world, and wear flannel, woolens and Prada,
We speak English, e portugûes! and eat chowdah and massa sovada!
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Poetry before and after New Year’s arrival
Everett Hoagland, Professor Emeritus of English at UMass Dartmouth and New Bedford’s first poet laureate, offers two poems for the new year.
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Opinion: Readers comment on COVID-19, immigrant workers, city politics
We all wore masks at the beginning of the pandemic to protect ourselves and others. Inconvenient: Yes. Lifesaving: Absolutely!
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Opinion: Readers react to dismissal of charge against Keith Hovan
Readers react on social media to the dismissal of the assault and battery charge for Southcoast Health CEO and President Keith Hovan.
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Opinion: Massachusetts must lead now on early childhood education and care
The American Rescue Plan Act provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the state to finally invest in early childhood education infrastructure.
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Opinion: Innovators Charter School lacks real plan for ‘high-needs’ students
As with most charter schools, the ICS has no solid plan or intention to meet the complex needs of the students it claims to serve, particularly students with disabilities.