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Watertown Public Schools presented comprehensive 2025–26 school improvement plans for Watertown Middle School and Watertown High School at the May 19 School Committee meeting, focusing on social-emotional learning, smoother transitions between grade levels and clearer grading and instructional alignment.
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The Watertown School Committee unanimously approved two long‑standing out‑of‑state field trips for middle school students to Canopy Lake Park in Salem, New Hampshire; committee members asked about educational value during discussion.
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School building committee and district leaders presented progress on the new high school and middle-school options; designers will present proposed options to the building committee and cost estimates will inform final recommendations to the city manager and city council.
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Watertown High robotics coach and seniors demonstrated this season's robot and described an autonomous auto‑align feature that earned the team an Autonomous Award at competitions.
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District staff told the School Committee that Summer Success enrollment more than doubled to 273 students in 2025, with Title I/Title III funding for literacy, math and multilingual learner classrooms, free meals and transportation; ESY and high-school credit recovery options were also described.
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District staff reported visioning work for a new Watertown Middle School and said the school building committee recently voted to focus on staying at the current site using modular classrooms as swing space. A community forum is planned for June and the school building committee will receive options at its June 18 meeting.
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The district's Personal Electronic Device Task Force, chaired by Lisa Cabocha and including student representatives, is conducting stakeholder surveys and plans phased recommendations: policy proposals in June, community norms by September, and digital-literacy recommendations in mid-fall.
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School nutrition director Brandon Rabbit was named Massachusetts School Nutrition Association Director of the Year; district leaders said breakfast participation in Watertown rose nearly 40% and lunch nearly 30% under his leadership.
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At its May 5 meeting, Watertown School Committee heard the superintendent present the district's Year 3 initiatives focusing on professional learning, restorative practices, diversified hiring and implementation of Tier 1 social-emotional programs as part of a four-year Strategy for Success through 2027.
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After extended discussion about equity and supports, the Watertown School Committee voted 5–2 to add Algebra II and two years of world language to Watertown High School graduation requirements while preserving principal discretion for exceptions.