Dartmouth Public Schools

Dartmouth has started an important conversation about how much it costs to provide quality education to the kids who attend their public schools. Truth matters.

Jonathan Gallishaw, Dartmouth Public School's technology director, is considering using Chromebooks that students could use and take home.

Dartmouth's search for a new superintendent is finally over. Last night, the school committee unanimously voted Bonny Gifford 5-0 to be the district's next leader. Gifford, a longtime Westport resident, was the acting superintendent for Falmouth Public Schools...

Michael Shea, the former Voc-Tech superintendent and interim New Bedford superintendent, has been asked to temporarily manage Dartmouth's school system. The Standard-Times reports that the Dartmouth School Committee voted 3-1 to ask Shea to manage the district after Superintendent Ana Riley leaves for a post in Portsmouth, Rhode Island...

Security improvements will soon be coming to Dartmouth Public Schools.  Town meeting voters Tuesday night approved a capitol needs budget that included $662,000 to upgrade school security.  The plan will pay for a web-based monitoring system where police can check out security video at local schools.  I...