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Dennett School’s Roof Will Cost Millions to Replace. Plympton Has a Tens of Thousands Ready.

PLYMPTON — September 14, 2026 — The Dennett Elementary School has a failing flat roof, a chiller at the end of its life and a well that nearly ran dry this spring.

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Plymouth Schools Are Half a Million Short This Year, and Will Spend Five Meetings Explaining Why

PLYMOUTH — September 14, 2026 — Out-of-district special education placements the district did not see coming, and federal grants that came in below last year’s, opened a hole in Plymouth’s school budget over the summer.

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East Bridgewater Moves Town Meeting to Oct. 7, Sends Flock Bylaw to Voters Unchanged

EAST BRIDGEWATER — September 14, 2026 — The Select Board will not touch the citizens’ petition that would regulate automatic license plate readers in East Bridgewater.

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Scituate School Committee Chooses ‘Satuit’ as Name for New Elementary School

SCITUATE - September 14, 2026 - In a split 3-2 vote following rounds of deliberation, the Scituate School Committee chose “Satuit” as the name for the town’s new consolidated elementary school, selecting an indigenous term connected to the town’s historic brook and harbor over a bid to honor local suffragist and author Inez Haynes Irwin.

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South Shore News...letter: The Override Word Shows Up Early This Year

Week of September 8, 2026

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Silver Lake School Committee Clears Revisions to Teachers Contract, Grants Survey Exemption for AP Research

KINGSTON — September 10, 2026 — The Silver Lake Regional School Committee approved adjustments to the recently finalized teachers collective bargaining agreement Thursday following an executive session, rectifying omitted differential calculations and establishing a 3% stipend boost.

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The November Nine: Question 3

The Races That Ended in September

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Weymouth Pauses High School Phone App and Apologizes for the Rollout

WEYMOUTH — September 10, 2026 — Weymouth school administrators have halted plans to put a phone-restricting app on Weymouth High School students’ devices, apologized to families for moving too fast, and told the School Committee there is no implementation timeline and no consequence for a student who does not install it.

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Duxbury Schools Return $782,619 to the Town, and Warn the Coming Year Is Tighter

DUXBURY — September 9, 2026 — The school district closed fiscal 2026 having spent 98.24 percent of its $44.3 million operating budget and returned $782,619 to the town, well above the $483,000 it forecast in the third quarter.

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Pembroke’s Recycling Contamination Climbs to 24.3 Percent, and the Trash Bill Follows

PEMBROKE — September 9, 2026 — Pembroke’s recycling contamination rose to 24.3 percent from 21 percent in the town’s latest audit, a figure that carries straight through to household trash bills in fines and hauling costs.

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Whitman-Hanson High School Engagement Rubric Shelved After Intense Backlash Over Grading Penalties

HANSON — September 9, 2026 — Following swift blowback from families, educators, and students over a controversial plan to factor attendance, punctuality, and classroom participation into course letter grades, Whitman-Hanson Regional High School administrators announced Wednesday that the proposed “Engagement Rubric” has been placed on indefinite hold for the 2026–2027 school year.

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Plymouth County Commissioners Clash Over Workplace Investigation and Staff Terminations

PLYMOUTH — September 9, 2026 — Facing an internal employee complaint alleging a hostile work environment, the Plymouth County Commissioners divided over hiring outside legal counsel to conduct an independent probe, ultimately tabling the proposal to solicit competing quotes while tensions over previous staff terminations resurfaced in contentious personnel votes.