The Junior Job Shadow, usually scheduled for the end of may, has been cancelled. Instead, a one-block mini career fair will be held on March 19 during advisory in the library. This cancellation follows budget cuts that reduced faculty size. Originally, the Junior Job Shadow was a day when juniors...

With 85 dense sheets of information sprawled across the library tables, students review content until their case becomes second nature. They confer and consume minute details for weeks on end, just for the process to start anew for their next trial. For the first time in over a decade, WA Mock Trial...

Last school year Westford faced an 6-8 million dollar budget deficit. With this came many changes that the WA community has since had to adapt to. One obstacle that stuck out among others was the widespread layoff of teachers. This included many disadvantages such as making it harder for some students...

Lately, one of the biggest topics of discussion for the school committee has been the proposed budget cuts happening in the Westford Public School system (WPS), with significant reductions in the Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) section at WA. Based on the school committee's latest budget plan, there...

The Westford School Committee discussed various aspects of the FY23 budget, as well as approved tuition-free full-day kindergarten and proposed additional cuts at their meeting on Monday, Feb. 14. School committee unanimously voted for full-day kindergarten for everyone, a concept that was initially...

Because the school’s increase in funds was only about 1% this year as compared to the 3% average of previous years, going from a three tier system of 36 buses to a four tier system of 30 buses will save Westford Public Schools $444,174. According to Olsen, this bus cut will ensure the same high quality...

On Monday, January 13, the Westford School Committee met to discuss proposed budget cuts in the Latin and English departments, as well as other service reductions. The meeting lasted nearly four hours and featured speakers who would be directly affected by the proposed budget cuts, such as Sarah Bjorkman,...

On Monday, December 16, the Westford School Committee met at the Katie Enos Auditorium in Blanchard Middle School to discuss several budget cuts district-wide, as well as findings from the advisory committee regarding shifting start times for all schools K-12. Differing from the meeting last Wednesday,...

With the new budget cuts potentially coming to Westford, the school has decided to raise the price of student parking passes at WA. For many years the price for seniors parking at WA has been $50, but starting in the 2020-2021 school year the price could be going up to $200. Here are some students' opinions...

Among the recent budget cuts in our school department, English Teacher and Cross Country/Track Coach Michael Estabrook may be let go. In an attempt to save his job, freshman Emma McCuin started a change.org petition Tuesday evening, December 10th. The petition gained popularity through many students...

Due to constraints from the town budget, Westford Academy has cut funding for its substitute program from $45,000 annually, to just $30,000. To compensate for this loss, WA has instituted a new system for how it will administer classes while their teachers are absent. In previous years, WA's system...

At the start of the 2019-2020 school year Westford Academy eliminated most substitute teachers. Whenever a teacher is absent now, students report to the cafe for a DLT, unless there is a sub or teacher in that class, in which case students stay in the classroom. Here are some WA students' opinions on...