For all of last year and this year, students have been required to wear masks at school. However, the Oct. 1 mandate on masks has now been extended indefinitely by the Westford Board of Health. The Ghostwriter interviewed students to get their opinions on how they felt about being required to wear masks...

In response to the raging opioid epidemic in the United States, Massachusetts has issued an unfunded state mandate requiring schools to perform drug screenings in two grades. The screenings are not formal drug tests, but rather a series of simple questions asking students about their involvement with...