Whately brief: Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Whately's School Committee weighed a policy limiting ICE agents' access to school grounds after reviewing stark achievement gaps.
Archived edition, published Wednesday, October 21, 2026. See today's Whately page.
Whately's School Committee weighed a policy limiting ICE agents' access to school grounds after reviewing stark achievement gaps..
From Whately News
- School Committee weighs limits on ICE campus access. Whately's School Committee weighed a policy limiting where federal immigration agents could process paperwork on school grounds, while reviewing MCAS data showing nearly half of Whately Elementary students are now classified as high-needs and a wide gender gap in English scores.Whately News
- Select Board debates need for Nov. 16 special meeting. Whately's Select Board weighed whether a roughly $2,000 special town meeting was worth calling for Nov. 16, with items including a $5,600 senior center budget shortfall, a zoning update and a wastewater truck purchase on the table.Whately News
- Select Board, trustees weigh filling library trustee vacancy. Whately's Select Board and Library Board of Trustees considered filling a vacant elected library trustee seat, a process that included nearly 30 minutes of failed phone callback attempts during the trustees' roll-call vote.Whately News
Today in Whately
- Town posts openings for highway operator, assistant clerk. Whately is advertising job openings for an operator/laborer position and an assistant town clerk position, according to a town job posting.Town of Whately
- Town announces fall bulky waste recycling day. Whately's Fall "Clean Sweep" bulky waste recycling day was announced in a town news post.Town of Whately