New Bedford School Department

Sports practices, games and band rehearsals will be rescheduled.

Police raided Antonio Braz's home on January 2nd

It was a site to behold. Parents and former teachers taking to the streets, standing with placards outside the New Bedford School Department building. The peaceful demonstration designed to gather support for the swelling Opt-Out movement when it comes to statewide standardized tests, like MCAS and Parcc...

Could it be true, stories of out of control students at Keith Middle School in New Bedford? I've received several complaints. WBSM News Anchor Dan McCready, on Thursday,  called the school department to find out what's going on. A spokesperson told Dan, he'll look into it...

Following up on Tuesday's post, PARCC: Opting out vs. Refusal, I've heard from the New Bedford School Department. Jon Carvalho states, correctly, that there is no official state Opt-out form for parents/students to just say no to the PARCC assessments...

Teachers from outside the New Bedford School District were invited to Keith Middle School Saturday to see what it's like to teach in the city and submit applications during a career fair.

New Bedford's new incoming Superintendent of Schools doesn't take over till July 1st, but Dr. Pia Durkin has already been involved in some high level discussions in the School Department..... Dr Durkin is coming to New Bedford from the Attleboro school district...

During his weekly radio program on WBSM, Mayor Jon Mitchell offered some thoughts on the School Budget crisis.  The School Committee was told this week, it must eliminate 250 positions in next year's school budget, including more than 100 teaching positions...

The Mayor of New Bedford and the City Council are scrapping again over School Department funding.

The New Bedford City Council says it has a plan to resolve the estimated $3-million deficit in the School Department budget.  Finance Committee chair Jane Gonsalves said at a news conference Tuesday, the Council is prepared to transfer from free cash or reserve accounts the money the School Department needs to close the budget gap...