BCAT News

Members of the community gathered this week for the first of several public forums to discuss plans for the new Burlington High School. This time, the audience learned about various […]

The subcommittee overseeing the project to renovate a Marshall Simonds sports field is seeking to expand its charge, hoping to look into the broader issue of scheduling for youth sports […]

Burlington School District is continuing to iterate on bus routes and planned arrival times to avoid delays and get more students to school with enough time to get to their […]

The Burlington School Committee approved the Marshall Simonds Middle School to put on a musical theater production, a break with the traditional model of funding and supporting new school clubs [...]

Burlington is down about a dozen students compared to this time last year, according to Director of Student Enrollment Robyn Miliano. It’s in line with much-discussed projections from the [...]

A review of goals and progress for Superintendent of Schools Dr. Eric Conti showed the multiple ongoing projects aiming to improve Burlington schools, as laid out during an October 8 […]

As the deadline approaches to fund the Fox Hill Elementary School Project, the committee in charge of redeveloping the Burlington High School is also continuing in its efforts. In a […]

The Burlington School Committee Tuesday night began to discuss a long term facilities master plan, a living document that would prioritize major upgrades, repairs and new buildings for years into [...]

With the Burlington Educators Association scheduled for its final negotiation meeting with the School Committee before the current contract expires, teachers were on the Town Common Monday [...]

The Burlington School Committee voted Tuesday to create a 13-person committee charged with overseeing the renovations of the Marshall Simonds Middle School field, a $4.77 million project approved [...]

After voting Monday to pull a $6.7 million warrant for significant upgrades to fields around Marshall Simonds Middle School, the School Committee Tuesday rescinded their vote, effectively keeping [...]

The Burlington School Committee voted Monday night to postpone a warrant article that would have sought to bond $6.72 million to renovate fields at Marshall Simonds Middle School.  The article [...]

The Burlington Educators Association’s contract expires at the end of this school year, and teachers have been at the bargaining table since December to negotiate a new contract. Their priorities [...]

Discussion continued Tuesday night on Burlington Public Schools’ posting of a job opening for a Lead Instructional Coach for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the high school.  The job was […]

The committee in charge of building a new Fox Hill Elementary School has voted to request a non-binding vote on the design for the new school.  If the Select Board […]

The Burlington School Committee on Wednesday added language to its wellness policy that elementary school teachers may not take away a recess or physical education period as a form of […]

The special education collaborative LABBB, which includes Lexington, Arlington, Burlington, Bedford and Belmont, may soon need a new acronym as school committee members in all five communities [...]

Candidates in some of Burlington’s upcoming local election races joined BNEWS this week for debates and forums. In a contested School Committee race, candidates have a choice between two sitting [...]