Schools

At the end of each October, the hallways and lunchroom of Swallow Union take on a Halloween inspired theme for the annual Frightful Feast.

Announcements given at the October 3, 2007 GDRSD School Committee meeting.

On September 28th, Swallow Union’s APT (Association of Parent and Teachers) sponsored it’s first-ever Back to School Picnic. The weather was perfect, the attendance was outstanding (over 475 attendees), and the big hit was clearly the dunk tank

Announcements given at the October 3, 2007 GDRSD School Committee meeting.

On August 28, the new Groton Dunstable middle school principal, Steve Silverman, gave a presentation to parents to share his perspective on middle school education and what he is planning to do as principal of the middle school.

We have published the Groton Channel's videotape of the presentation here for your benefit.

According to GDRSD Athletic Director Dan Twomey, the district had to cut the funding out of the district budget for all freshman soccer and basketball teams at the high school and for the lacrosse teams at the middle school.

After the override that was needed to supplement the GDRSD budget for FY08 failed in both towns, the School Committee met on May 30 and voted to reduce the operating budget by an additional $1.2 million. This reduction adds to the $350,000 in cuts that they approved on April 4.