Since vaccines became available in the spring, Revere Public Schools has taken a proactive approach through public education campaigns, webinars and other avenues to really pump up student vaccination rates ahead of the 2021/2020 school year. As a result, Revere…
Author: John Lynds
As Revere’s School Year Start, Some Provisions Are Necessary
Just before school started for Revere Public Schools (RPS), Superintendent Dr. Dianne Kelly and the School Committee went over some provisions that will be necessary to ensure a safe and successful 2021/2022 school year amid a continuing pandemic. With students…
Remembering the Local Victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 Attacks 20 Years Later
Twenty years ago on Sept. 10, 2001, 2,996 people went to sleep not knowing the horrors the next day would bring. Among them, 246 people went to sleep in preparation for their morning flights, 2,606 people went to sleep in…
RPS clarifies transportation policy after some confusion
Revere Public School (RPS) Superintendent Dianne Kelly last week sent out a communication to parents and students to clarify the RPS transportation policy for middle and high school students for the 2021/2022 school year. Kelly said there was some confusion…
Seacoast High School Proves Alternative Education Is Not What It Was 20 Years Ago
There was a time when students that were shipped off to an alternative high school for behavioral issues, poor grades or other underperforming issues bore a scarlet letter for their inability to thrive in a traditional high school setting. Revere’s…
EBNHC Provides Update on CEO Transition Process: Health Center’s COO Greg Wilmot to Serve as Interim CEO
Since East Boston Neighborhood Health Center President and CEO Manny Lopes made the shocking announcement earlier this month that he would be leaving his post to serve as Executive Vice President at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Lopes and…
Nantucket Lightship to Host Labor Fireworks Party and Fundraiser
On Thursday, for a $25 donation to the Nantucket Lightship’s U.S. Lightship Museum Museum (USLM) in East Boston, residents can have a front seat to the Labor Day Fireworks in Boston Harbor aboard Nantucket/LV-112. Since 2009, Eastie has played host…
Potential New RHS Site Narrowed Down to Three Locations: Each Location Has Several Design Options
At a virtual community meeting last Thursday night representatives from Perkins Eastman have narrowed down site options for building of a new Revere High School to three potential sites in the city. At the meeting Robert Bell and Dawn Guarriello…
Boston Councilor Lydia Edwards Will Run If and When Sen. Boncore Steps Down
During an interview Tuesday District 1 Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards made it clear she is not running against sitting State Senator Joe Boncore but will run if and when Boncore, who is in negotiations for a job with Massachusetts…
RPS plans to be fully in-person in the fall without a full-remote option
With Revere’s 14 day positivity rate at 2.8 percent, well below the 5 percent threshold that would trigger the roll back of some activities, Revere Public School Dr. Superintendent Dianne Kelly last week rolled out the RPS’s COVID safety plans…
EBNHC President CEO Manny Lopes to leave Health Center for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Manny Lopes’ ascension to the role of East Boston Neighborhood Health Center’s President and CEO is a story that embodies EBNHC’s mission and commitment to the community. Nearly three decades ago Lopes, who grew up in Jeffries Point, joined the…
Eastie man charged in fatal Winthrop car accident
Victim identified as Revere native An 84-year-old East Boston man has been charged with vehicular homicide and driving under the influence of alcohol in connection with the fatal car accident in Winthrop last Friday. Winthrop Police arrested Kenneth Thompson, 84,…
RPS Updates COVID Protocols for the Remainder Of Summer School
The Delta variant of the COVID 19 virus is causing breakthrough infections among vaccinated people at an alarming rate and raveging the unvaccinated population with a vengence. With schools ready to start in the fall, Revere Public Schools (RPS) and…
New England Aquarium Divers Rescue Ocean Sunfish Trapped in Eastie
The New England Aquarium released dramatic footage of two of its divers rescuing a juvenile ocean sunfish last week that became trapped in a construction barrier that was placed in the waters off the shore of East Boston. “Two of…
Revere Public Schools shares Equity Audit Findings
At the July Revere Public School (RPS) Committee meeting a guest panel of educators went over the findings from RPS’s Equity Audit report. For the past several years Revere has been working towards creating a more ‘equitable’ environment for all…
HYM Investment Group opens Suffolk Downs racing circle to the public
Last Wednesday, HYM Investment Group’s Founding Partner and Managing DirectorTom O’Brien joined Revere and East Boston elected officials to cut the ribbon for the new “The Track at Suffolk Downs” public open space. For the first time in the history…
Revere Public Schools Mull Attendance Policy
At last Tuesday night’s Revere Public School Committee meeting Superintendent Dr. Dianne Kelly said last year RPS began discussing the need to revisit school handbooks and policy books based on the advancements that RPS has made around equity and inclusion.…
Happy Valley Adult-Use Cannabis Shop Opens on McClellan Highway
After years of red tape, permitting, city and state approvals and construction, East Boston’s second adult-use cannabis dispensary will open at 220 McClellan Highway–the former site of Enterprise Rental Car facility. Newton-based Happy Valley Ventures LLC, which was originally approved…
EBSB Charitable Foundation Donates to Garfield School
At a Revere Public School Committee meeting earlier this month, Garfield Elementary School Council member Priscilla Nickerson announced the school had received a donation from the East Boston Savings Bank (EBSB) Charitable Foundation. Nickerson said after a tough year, the…
Revere School Committee Votes to Go Forward With $102.7 Million FY22 Budget
At last Tuesday night’s Revere Public School Committee meeting, committee members voted to approve line items for the School Department’s $102,691,177 budget for Fiscal Year 22. The money approved at last Tuesday’s meeting for FY22 did not include the federal…
