Westford Public Schools received double snow days on Monday, Feb. 23 and Tuesday, Feb. 24. Although the day off on Monday was completely understandable and expected, it was difficult to understand the necessity of the subsequent snow day based on the quick turnaround of clean-up crews in the past. However,...

Westford Public Schools were closed on Monday, Jan. 26 and had a two-hour delay on Tuesday, Jan. 27. The schools were closed on Monday due to heavy snowfall on Sunday, and there was a two-hour delay on Tuesday to allow the maintenance and custodial crews to finish cleaning up the snow.  According...

The Westford School Committee discussed the rising concerns regarding the influx of COVID-19 cases and absence rates these past weeks, as well as budget updates and plans for the 2022-23 school year during the Jan. 10 meeting. Here are the three key takeaways from the night:  I. Superintendent’s...

As the Class of 2017 threw their graduation caps high in the air, there was a single student whose attention was elsewhere. A young graduate looked towards the man at the podium who created the very building blocks for his positive education in Westford Public Schools: Superintendent Everett (Bill) Olsen. When...

This is one of many in the Ghostwriter's series of 23 Questions. This series highlights the significance of our faculty and students, and the little things about them we may not know. The Ghostwriter had a chance to meet with Westford's new Superintendent, Dr. Christopher Chew.

After the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) concluded that students would benefit from an increase in live instruction time, WA will shift to a new learning schedule that replaces current asynchronous learning periods with direct student-teacher engagement. At Monday’s school...

With Superintendent Bill Olsen's approaching retirement at the end of the 2020-2021 school year, the Westford School Committee has begun the process for choosing the next superintendent, who will begin serving on July 1, 2021. The Committee is now in the preliminary stages of this process and has been...

On December 17, 2018, Superintendent Bill Olsen issued a final approval of the graduation cap and gown policy, which took effect in the 2019-20 schoolyear. The policy changed from “boys wear maroon, girls wear white” to a choice of either a maroon or white gown for the Class of 2019. For the class...

In the first installment of this budget series, we looked at the immediate effects of the budget cuts and its lack of sustainability for the future. Now we look at how this budget deficit came about, the history of budget balancing in Westford, and where exactly the root of the problem is. Westford...

This four-part series details the causes and effects of the budget deficit facing Westford Public Schools this year, exploring its origins in terms of town revenue, state funding, and other major factors. This first installment summarizes the deficit and its immediate implications.  Westford Public...

On Monday, September 24th, Westford Academy Principal James Antonelli made a surprise proposal at the Westford School Committee meeting to rename Stony Brook Middle School the 'Everett V. Olsen Middle School' after Westford Public School's Superintendent Everett "Bill" V. Olsen. Antonelli, aside from...