The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has given approval to two motions for the expansion of the Alma del Mar Charter School in New Bedford.
New Bedford's mayor and the Alma del Mar charter school recently agreed to a unique limited expansion of the school. It turns out the City had no choice.
School officials and city and state leaders have agreed upon a plan that would grant Alma del Mar Charter School's request for additional seats in new schools.
An apparently malfunctioning cell phone is being investigated after it burst into flames in the hands of a New Bedford middle school student on Wednesday.