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State Ways & Means Committee Lady Tanners basketball honored at annual banquet hears city’s budget plea Opioid crisis needs “bold” solution By Christopher Roberson

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ayor Edward Bettencourt, School Committee Member Beverley Ann Griffin Dunne and interim Superintendent of Schools Dr. Herbert Levine recently went before the state’s Ways and Means Committee for the same reason: to ask for additional funding. During a March 19 hearing at City Hall, Levine said that while steps have been taken to thwart the opioid crisis, future progress is questionable. “If you want to make a dent in the opioid epidemic, it’s got to be much more bold than it is now,” he said. “It’s going to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, not $5 million.” Levine said there needs to be a

large-scale solution that would rival national milestones, such as the U.S. Supreme Court case Brown vs. Board of Education, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Title 9 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Although he helped establish Northshore Recovery High School in Beverly, Levine said the number of recovery high schools remains inadequate. In addition to Beverly, there are currently schools in Boston, Brockton, Springfield and Worcester, according to Massachusetts Recovery High Schools. “We need to be as bold with the opioid epidemic; anything short of that and you’re really

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Shown proudly displaying their awards at the PHS Girls’ Varsity Basketball team banquet Monday night are Catherine Manning (MVP), Jordan Muse and Serena Laro (Coaches Award), and Kristina Rossignoll (Wiggin Award). See story and photo highlights on page 6. (Advocate photo by Greg Phipps)

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Carroll and Center School principals share School Improvement Plans

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s they look ahead to the 2018-2019 school year, Tracy Smith, principal of Carroll Elementary School, and Jacqueline Orphanos, principal of Center Elementary School, on March 27 went before the School Committee to present their School Improvement Plans. During the committee’s March 27 meeting, Smith said that of the 623 students enrolled at Carroll, 44.5 percent of them come from families that are economically disadvantaged. For 16.7 percent, English is not their first language. Smith also said that since September 2017, her school has gained 61 students and lost 56 students. To accommodate Carroll’s high student population, Smith said, there are five classes for each grade level through fourth grade as well as six fifthgrade classes. She also said that based on current projections, a sixth kindergarten class could be needed in the fall. In addition, Smith said the results from the 2017 Next Generation MCAS were fairly consistent with the results from 2016; however, the fifth-grade

scores did decrease on the science and technology/engineering section. The results indicated that the number of students in the Warning category increased from nine percent to 19 percent and the number of students in the Advanced category fell from 22 percent to 14 percent. The number of students in the Proficient and Needs Improvement categories were 35 percent and 33 percent, respectively, which is almost the same as the 2016 results. Smith also said Google Classroom has an established presence at Carroll. “We’re really becoming a Google school,” she said. Other programs which are slated to continue include STAR Student of The Month, the BOKS Exercise Program, the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program and the START Program for atrisk students. Smith also shared one of her top budget requests. “We really need a building-based substitute at the Carroll,” she said. Interim Superintendent of Schools Dr. Herbert Levine said that in the event a teacher has a family emergency or needs

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