Schools

Hosmer School Raffling off Ride on a Watertown Fire Truck

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The PTO at Hosmer School will be holding a raffle for a chance to ride on a Watertown Fire truck. 

The raffle will raise money for the fifth grade class at Hosmer School. Tickets cost $5 per entry. The drawing will be held in March, and you do not need to be present to win. A waiver must be signed before the date of the ride. Pickups will only be made from Watertown addresses. Checks should be made to the Hosmer School PTO.

Schools

School Day Starting Later at One School, Bus Added After School

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In an effort to reduce the amount of time students have to wait for buses after school at one Hosmer Elementary School the School Committee voted to start school later. 

Students routinely wait five to ten minutes for the bus to come to take them home, and at least once a bus was 20 minutes late. The three buses must make a run from the middle school, before picking up Hosmer students. In a move to give buses more time the School Committee voted to make the time change. They considered moving the time of both the Hosmer and Watertown Middle School, but decided to just change the elementary school’s schedule, said Superintendent Jean Fizgerald. “An alternative solution was to start 10 minutes later,” Fitzgerald said.