At the last Revere Public School Committee meeting Revere High School Principal Dr. John Perella gave a presentation on some work that’s happening at the high school particularly around teaching and learning. Dr. Perella said for the past eight years…
Author: John Lynds
Revere Paraprofessionals Union Seeks Six-and-a-Half Hour Work Day
At last Tuesday night’s Revere Public School (RPS) Committee meeting President of the Revere Paraprofessionals Union Susan Buckley lobbied the committee for a six and half hour work day as opposed to the current three hour and fifty-five minute work…
Revere Public School SRO Officer Joseph Singer Addresses School Fights
At Tuesday’s Revere Public School Committee’s Committee of the Whole meeting, The Revere Police School Resource Officer (SRO) Joseph Singer addressed the five fights between students that have been reported at Revere High School (RHS) since the start of the…
RPS Does Survey to Get Feedback on How to Best Spend ESSER Funds
Revere Public School Superintendent Dr. Dianne Kelley said RPS plans to apply for a $19,477,006 Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) grant but first sent a survey to families to get feedback on how the money should be spent.…
COVID Pool Testing Program at RPS Provide an Extra Layer of Protection
For the past three weeks students and staff have been pool tested for the COVID-19 virus as an extra precaution this school year. Pooling—sometimes referred to as pool testing or pooled testing—means combining the same type of specimen from several…
Senate Candidate Edward’s Winthrop Headquarters Vandalized Monday
On Monday afternoon a group of staffers working on Senate Candidate Lydia Edwards’s campaign were inside Edward’s Winthrop headquarters when they heard a noise outside. The volunteers peeked outside to see a man ripping campaign signs off the front of…
National Guard Bus Drivers Will Be Called Into Revere to Handle Bus Driver Shortage
Ahead of the 2021/2022 school year, Revere Public Schools (RPS) made some changes to the transportation policy for middle and high school students. After conducting a survey with parents over the summer, RPS and the Revere School Committee decided only…
Community Vaccination Clinic to Open in RHS
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…
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…
