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The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

This is the proposed location of the gun shop on 359 Littleton Rd.

The gun shop issue: Westford can do better

The Editors Mar 2, 2023

Increased gun availability leads to more death, whether homicidal or suicidal. It's inevitable. But this isn't just a fun fact, or a statistic, or even just a study. This is our reality. On Feb. 13, at Michigan State University, a shooter killed three students and injured five more before turning the...

School Resource Officer Geoffrey Pavao stands in front of WA.

WA locks in on school security

Mahi Kandage, Sports Editor May 30, 2018

In the wake of recent incidents around the country, such as the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida shooting, and more recently, the one at the Santa Fe High School in Texas, questions regarding security concerns have risen at Westford Academy. Though Westford is ranked by Niche...

Superintendent Olsen to look at WPS security

Dec 21, 2012

By Alex Gounaris Staff Writer & Ethan Walshe Editor-in-Chief School security has come into question in the past week after the mass shooting that took place Friday in Newtown, Connecticut. Superintendent of the Westford Public Schools Everett “Bill” Olsen has been flooded with emails...