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New state-wide suspension policies were outlined during Monday night's School Committee meeting.

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In light of recent issues in the Special Education Department, the New Bedford School Committee appointed an Interim Executive Director to take charge.

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The days for MCAS testing in New Bedford schools are numbered after Monday night's School Committee meeting.

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Starting next year, students attending New Bedford Public Schools won't have to pay for meals.

In a written release from Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin's office today, the New Bedford School District has been selected to participate in a new federal program called the "Community Eligibility Option", which waives meal fees for all children and eliminates the need for families to submit financial eligibility forms

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Mayor Jon Mitchell presented his proposed budget to the City Council Wednesday night.

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Parents of New Bedford middle school students are being urged to attend a community forum Wednesday night.

The meeting with Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin and other officials will center on improving the climate in the city's middle schools, especially after recent events involving student fights at Normandin and the high school

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Dartmouth public school buses are no longer playing the chart-topping tunes of today.

Complaints from several parents over suggestive and inappropriate lyrics have urged administrators to ban FUN 107 from being played on the buses

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A new statewide policy issued Friday by State Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester may have had good intentions, but is causing quite a controversy. The policy, which goes into effect today, allows Massachusetts public school students whom identify themselves as transgender to use facilities that are designated to a specific sex

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