Silhouettes of students running through shattered walls with arrows labeled growth, population, overcrowding, and expansion in a school-themed comic style

School Board Rejects ‘Floating Principal’ Proposal-This Day In Norwood History-July 03, 1974

The Norwood School Committee held a contentious session on the evening of July 2, 1974, where, following two weeks of deliberation and a lengthy 90-minute executive session, the board voted … Continue reading School Board Rejects ‘Floating Principal’ Proposal-This Day In Norwood History-July 03, 1974

School Committee Blasts Unauthorized High School Band Performance at GOP State Convention-This Day In Norwood History-June 13, 1974

Playing for a state senator without school board approval lands the Norwood High School band and the superintendent in hot water.

Yellow school bus at Oakwood Elementary School entrance with students walking

Bells Are Ringin’-This Day In Norwood History-July 3, 1970

The Norwood School Committee overhauled its student transportation system and faced an $8,000 wave of structural school vandalism in July 1970

Saraca Defends School Salary Request-This Day In Norwood History-June 19, 1969

A contentious public hearing surfaces underlying frustrations over closed-door collective bargaining laws.