Silhouettes of students running through shattered walls with arrows labeled growth, population, overcrowding, and expansion in a school-themed comic style
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School Board Rejects ‘Floating Principal’ Proposal-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-July 03, 1974

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Meeting Ignores School Pleas, Cuts Budget By $126,558-June 15, 1971

A fierce debate over encumbered funds and municipal parity dominates a marathon Norwood Town Meeting session over the town budget.

Yellow school bus at Oakwood Elementary School entrance with students walking
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Bells Are Ringin’-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

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School Board Stops Metco And Book Lists-June 18, 1970

A tie vote defeats a local high school Metco expansion while the school committee votes to completely abolish student reading lists