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Marlene Pollock is stepping down as a member of the New Bedford School Committee and will be leaving January 4.

Long time educator Marlene Pollock says she will not seek re-election to the New Bedford School Committee this fall. Pollock served eight years on the board and says, its time now for a break. "Its a lot of work to be on the School Committee and do a good job and I just felt like eight years is a good chunk of time," said Pollock...

The New Bedford School Committee recently approved a budget of $120.4 million for the upcoming school year with a six to one vote.

One School Committee member feels the Superintendent of New Bedford School's decisions are justifiable when it comes to turning the high school around. Making her comments on WBSM's "Mid-Day Live", Marlene Pollock says with New Bedford High School's underperforming status, removing key administrators was not going to make as much of a difference as the removal of 29% of the teachers, whi

New Bedford School Committee member Marlene Pollock says the school department is working on becoming more transparent after bad business practices led to a multi-million dollar deficit. Pollock appeared on WBSM's "Mid-Day Live" Friday, and says former business manager Deb Brown was largely responsible for putting the complex budgets together, and provided the School Committee with incom