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Three new principals have been appointed to Hayden McFadden, Renaissance and Rodman Schools for the upcoming academic year.

Classes will resume as scheduled on Tuesday at Hayden McFadden Elementary School in New Bedford.

New Bedford Police are investigating after two of the brand-new windows at the Hayden-McFadden School were broken by vandals. Police say the windows appear to have been struck by a BB or a similar projectile. It was reported at 4:19 p...

NEW BEDFORD — City and school officials joined students at Hayden McFadden Elementary School to announce the completion of new school window and door replacement projects at four large elementary schools. The Accelerated Repair Plan (ARP) was completed at Hayden McFadden, Alfred J...

Lots of buzz within social media over an incident at New Bedford's Hayden McFadden School. A child finds what some are claiming to be a syringe in the playground and jabs another student several times, with the needle. The school Superintendent tells a different story...

Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin says starting the school year earlier than in past years is important to give students and teachers more time to learn.  This is particularly important at the Hayden McFadden Elementary School, which opened for business on Wednesday, due to it's ranking as a Level 4 school...

I've been eyeballing bits and pieces of the Hayden McFadden Elementary School's vaulted and highly anticipated turnaround plan. My head is spinning. The school rooster goes cock-a-doodle-doo at 7:45 AM. The kids stay there for eight frickin' hours... Read More ... Read More ...

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...

One Local Stake Holder tells Brian about some of the recommendations, and her feelings about New Bedford Schools Superintendent Pia Durkin's dinner plans.

With the Hayden-McFadden school's new turnaround plan coming together, New Bedford Superintendent Pia Durkin says no one will lose their job during the re-application process, except for performance reasons. On Wednesday, the School Committee discussed a number of recommendations to bring the low-performing school out of the level 4 designation, including requiring all staff and faculty to re-appl