DESE Update: June 21st, 2019
1. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to Meet: The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education will meet from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. June 25 at Rumney Marsh Academy, 140 American Legion Highway, Revere. The agenda is posted online, and the meeting will be streamed online at https://livestream.com/accounts/22459134. Picture of the Week On June […]
School Health Services Update: January 30th, 2019
Dear Colleagues, Included in the email below is a new American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement that recommends among other things that pediatricians avoid writing excuses for school absences when the absence is not appropriate. Both excused and unexcused absences contribute to chronic absenteeism and pediatricians must partner with schools to encourage school attendance. This […]