2011 Year in Review: School News

As 2011 draws to a close, here's a look back at school news in the town over the year.

• Wrentham Elementary Superintendent Jeffrey Marsden attended the town's leadership forum in February and .
• in May after a to replace Charles Flahive. Flahive, as a retired administrator, was limited to a one-year term as the school's principal. The process featured a over the selection of teachers to serve on the search committee.
• At the June Town Meeting, Wrentham citizens voted to to ameliorate a budget shortfall. The money was taken from the town stabilization fund.
• The Wrentham Elementary School Committee decided to as the result of that budget shortfall. The step was taken to avoid cutting staff further.
• The King Philip Marching Band finished its season in November by in Annapolis, Md. The band scored within six one-hundredths of a point of a number-one finish.
• The King Philip High School has been dealing with odor problems with its wastewater treatment plant. The plant had been the subject of complaints by neighboring residents, and the Board of Health ordered the district to remedy the problem. The district's fix .
• That fix to the wastewater problem created a shortage of fields around the school, placing additional stress on the stadium playing field. The subject of putting , which could handle more use, was raised at King Philip School Committee meetings.
• With the troubles posed by Tropical Storm Irene and the Snowtober storm, the King Philip School District was left short of snow days. The district about the possibility of using vacation days, but respondents wanted the district to if it becomes an issue.