All Worcester Public Schools (WPS) will be closed on Friday due to hazardous wind chill conditions, the district said. All WPS athletic events and all Head Start after-school programs are also canceled for Friday. Worcester will see a high of nearly 13 degrees, with a wind chill making it feel as cold as -16, the National Weather Service forecast.
St. Joseph School in Medford canceled classes until Thursday after a "significant" number of students were sent home Monday with stomach bug symptoms, the school's spokesperson said Tuesday. A letter sent to parents said the school would cancel classes and EDP to stop the illness from spreading before the holidays. The time off will be used to "deep clean and sanitize the school," the letter said.
School leaders announced last week that Aurora School, a private north Oakland school serving 76 students in kindergarten to eighth grade, would be welcoming students and educators from the Children's School beginning next year. "The more and more that we were in discussions, the more we found in common and more potential we saw in taking the best of each of our communities," said Lynsey Kamine, the head of school at Aurora School. "We also want to offer a route for the legacy of Mills' early childhood program and lab program to carry on." Aurora is expecting around 20 students to enroll from the Children's School, Kamine said.
"As we are currently unable to open, we have implemented a plan for the effective continuation of learning. "Work will be set in accordance with the usual timetable, where staff are well enough to do so. "A range of learning activities will be set... any additional teacher support in lessons will take place via Teams message or school email."
On 157 acres of Niagara farmland, twenty-five minutes from Hamilton, sat a 57,650-square-foot compound: a "grand foyer," a commercial kitchen, a gym with a rock-climbing wall and boxing ring, a library, a science lab, a soccer field. Marketed for "educational use, a corporate retreat, or repurposing," it carried a $9.4 million price tag and the promise of "outstanding potential." But the photos told another story: dorms, hallways, a mess hall-all deserted.
Cathedral High School, an all-girls Catholic institution in Manhattan, will permanently close following the 2025-2026 school year after struggling with declining enrollment and financial issues, the Board of Trustees announced in collaboration with the Archdiocese of New York. The decision to shut down the school, which was founded in 1905, comes after a thorough financial review and months of deliberation with educational and financial experts, according to a report by thegoodnewsroom.org.
The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District will close for most of next week after the district detected ransomware in its servers, according to district officials. The district will close from Sept. 15-18 and will exchange the dates it is closed with other previously scheduled non-working days integrated into the current UCISD calendar. The ransomware detected by the district is affecting several essential online systems, including phones, thermostats, camera monitoring and visitor management systems, among critical services, the district said.
