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The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

The Westford School Committee unanimously approved the FY23 proposal.

School committee unanimously approves FY23 proposal

Keertana Gangireddy, Co-Editor-in-Chief Mar 1, 2022

The Westford School Committee unanimously passed the budget proposal for FY23 on Feb. 28 during their meeting. The proposal involves a reduction of a full-time English position at WA, up to three electives at WA, two full time positions at the middle school level, four reading interventionists at...

"WA" on the side of Westford Academy.

Why Seniority shouldn’t affect teacher cuts

Unnati Bhat, Staff Writer Mar 6, 2020

Recently at Westford Academy, town budget cuts have found their way into the conversations of students and teachers alike. The term 'Seniority' is defined as the amount of time a teacher has been working in Westford Public Schools by the WPS Teachers Contract as, "The length of continuous employment...

McCuin, the freshman who started the petition.

Students create petition for Estabrook

Keertana Gangireddy and Unnati Bhat Dec 11, 2019

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...

Substitute leaves message for their class

Budget affects the Westford Academy substitutes

Anushka Patil, Staff Writer Feb 20, 2019

Ever since I can remember, substitutes have been a part of my learning experience. Over my ten years of schooling, I have had countless substitutes. Some were nice. Some were mean. Some were boring. Some were a blast. No matter what they were like, all of them had one thing in common: they stepped up...