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Belmont Schools Hammering Out Contracts as Summer Ends

August 31, 2024
With a year to go before contracts expire, a date has not yet been set for negotiating contracts for four units of the Belmont Education Association. Those units include the educators; directors, assistant directors, and assistant principals; administrative assistants and clerical aids;…
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Local Nonprofit Awards $44,000 in Scholarships

July 31, 2024
When the Belmont High School Class of 1959 met at their 50-year high school reunion in 2009, they decided they wanted to do something to give back to their high school. From those early discussions grew the Alumni and Friends of Belmont…

Belmont High to Ban Cell Phones in the Classroom

June 17, 2024
Beginning next year, cell phones will no longer be in students’ hands during class periods but will be stored in cell phone holders. “Most people I know, their main issue with it is the fact that teachers or adults aren’t giving them…
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Parents Voice Concern Over Counselor Position Reconfiguration

May 23, 2024
Several parents and even one of the district’s younger students appeared before the School Committee recently to raise concerns about a plan to move one of the two counselors from Butler Elementary School to Chenery Upper Elementary School. The reallocation of resources…

Increasing Number of Students Opt for Private Ed Each Year

May 18, 2024
According to a Department of Elementary and Secondary Education database, an increasing number of school-age children in Belmont are choosing to attend private or parochial schools. The number of school-age children attending private school increased from 481 to 545 between the 2017-18…
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Forecast Calls for Slow Decrease in Enrollment

May 12, 2024
School enrollment forecasts indicate that by 2028-2029, there will be almost 200 fewer students in the Belmont Public Schools than there are currently, and the decline will continue well into the next decade. In the 2023-2024 academic year, 4,424 students were enrolled…

Chenery Teacher Named State Finalist for Presidential Award

May 12, 2024
A longtime Belmont Public Schools teacher has been identified as a state finalist for the nationally recognized Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Ben Ligon, who has taught sixth-grade math and science at Chenery Upper Elementary School for the…

Peter Holland, a Model of Resilience and Leadership

May 11, 2024
By Julie M. Cohen, Belmont Voice correspondent Colleagues reflected on the life and legacy of Peter Blakeley Holland III, the former superintendent of the Belmont Public Schools, who died on April 16 at age 82. In his role, which he held from…
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