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Mayor Jon Mitchell maintains he sees and understands the frustrations of teachers as the "turnaround plan" at New Bedford High School is implemented. Mitchell authored an op-ed piece published in Wednesday's Standard Times, detailing what he would have said if he were afforded the opportunity to address the crowd at a teacher-organized rally last Friday...

Several hundred people gathered outside City Hall Friday, in support of the teachers at New Bedford High School. New Bedford Educators Association President Lou St. John addressed the large crowd, saying Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin's go-ahead with the turnaround plan is a severe mistake...

Those standing in support of the teachers at New Bedford High School are planning a rally this Friday at City Hall. The supporters are responding to the implementation of a turnaround plan at the underperforming school, that calls for the replacement of at least 50% of the staff...

It feels a little weird typing this just 24 hours before trick-or-treaters will start banging on the door, but the high school football postseason begins this Friday for six SouthCoast teams. Apponequet, Old Rochester, New Bedford, GNB Voc-Tech, Dartmouth and Bishop Stang are all in, and will all see quarterfinal playoff action this Friday night...

With New Bedford High School's level four status, the state education department calls for several actions, one of them being a Local Stakeholders Group. The thirteen-person panel met last night to understand their role of interpreting data, and coming up with recommendations for Superintendent Dr...

Old Rochester took control of the South Coast Conference “A” Division with a big 35-28 victory over Dighton-Rehoboth. Sophomore Darien Dumond scored the go-ahead touchdown with just under five minutes remaining, and the Bulldogs (5-0) held on for their first win over the Falcons since 2008...

The New Bedford High marching band seems to be putting itself back on the map as they won Division 3 at the 28th annual competition Sunday afternoon. "Everyone just put in all the energy they had for their home crowd." said senior Ashely Souza.

We’ve got a solid slate of high school football on tap for this weekend across the SouthCoast. Bishop Stang and Old Colony are both enjoying bye weeks, but the rest of the area teams will face some stiff competition.

The principal at a suburban Boston high school has cancelled the school's annual powderpuff football game, in which girls take the field to play flag football while boys cheer from the sidelines, saying it's sexist, divisive and dangerous...

The Boston Public School Committee met this week and voted 5-0 to make condoms available to all high school students.  The committee said they were already available in 19 high schools and this move expands the distribution to all 32 high schools...