extended school day

Some New Bedford students will have a longer school day beginning this fall. Normandin Middle and Hayden McFadden Elementary Schools received some state grant money, hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer supported bucks. At the HayMac, kids will start school at 7:45 AM, about a half hour earlier than this past year...

Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin briefed the School Committee Wednesday night about the $2.4 million grant the city has received to fund the turnaround plan at New Bedford High School. The grant amounts to $800,000 a year for three years, but Dr...