Westford Public Schools is known for being a good school district. However, there is always room for improvement, and in charge of making these changes is the Westford School Committee. They always look to make changes that will positively impact the schools and the education that students who attend...

New plans and ideas will soon be brought to Westford Public Schools because Bill Olsen is stepping back from the role of superintendent in Westford Public Schools, after many years, at the end of 2021. Dr. Christopher Chew has stepped up to become the new superintendent on July 1, 2021. Leaving staff...

Superintendent Bill Olsen, in coordination with the Board of Health, announced at a school committee meeting on Dec. 14 that the Westford Public School system is not planning on switching to all-remote learning in the future, as of right now because there has been no transmission of COVID through schools. Public...

In the previous installments of this budget series (I, II, III) we discussed the how and the why of the school's budget deficit that caught public attention this year but has in actuality been persisting for multiple years. Now, we look to the future: can this situation continue, and if not, what needs...

Superintendent of Schools Everett Olsen proposed budget cuts to the School Committee in January in order to meet a $1.2 million deficit between his requested 3.3% increase and Town Manager Jodi Ross' allocated 1.6% (not counting the money for teacher salary overrides). Due to decreasing enrollment at...

The shooting at Parkland, Florida, has left many concerns about school safety prominent in the public conscience. Due to this, new ideas are being brought up almost every day in an effort to improve security. One of the new and most popular ideas is one proposed by President Trump, where he recommends...

For two weeks last March, WA students and faculty experimented with a brand new type of school schedule. Rather than a typical class after class day, school days consisted of a ten minute break after the second class, as well as an extra minute of hallway passing time. According to WA Principal Jim...