Schools

WINTHROP — April 6, 2026 — Winthrop School Committee voted unanimously to opt out of state inter-district school choice for another year and heard a detailed account of last Friday's threatening phone call to the high school. Superintendent Ruggiero told the committee that a secretary answered the call on

WINTHROP — March 23, 2026 — Winthrop schools lose tens of thousands in federal grant money over 3A zoning noncompliance. Superintendent Dylan Mello told the School Committee at its March 23 meeting that the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has added 3A compliance as a required eligibility criterion for multiple

WINTHROP — March 18, 2026 — Winthrop School Committee presents package contract counter-proposals to teachers union in special open session. Meeting at Winthrop High School Library on March 18, the committee offered three alternative salary schedules for teachers and three for educational support professionals, with teacher options ranging from tiered step

WINTHROP — March 4, 2026 — Winthrop's teachers union presented a comprehensive four-year contract settlement package covering all four bargaining units at a March 4 School Committee meeting. The Winthrop Education Association, at its 17th bargaining session since May 2025, proposed annual wage increases ranging from 3 percent for

WINTHROP — February 9, 2026 — Winthrop teachers and educational support professionals flooded a School Committee meeting to demand settlement of a contract now more than 200 days overdue. Dozens of current and former Winthrop Public Schools employees filled the Harvey Kering Room at Town Hall on February 9 to tell the

WINTHROP — January 12, 2026 — Winthrop School Committee approved nearly $2.25 million in warrants and heard a broad superintendent's update at its first meeting of 2026. The committee voted unanimously to approve a general warrant of $380,676.63 and two payroll warrants totaling $1,867,687.25,