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High Schools Getting Rid of Class Rankings – Kids Can’t Stand the Stress

Matthew McDonald

Three high schools south of Boston have gotten rid of class rankings in an effort to take stress of their students, and another is about to go that route.

Milton, Hingham, and Duxbury have all stopped ranking students except for the top two, and Marshfield plans to do the same, according to the Patriot Ledger.

Around New England

One Vermont Town To State Police:  Stay Away

Matthew McDonald

Residents of Montgomery, Vermont (population 1,200) are used to seeing no police in their town. The town has no local police department and seldom saw state troopers until recently.

Now, selectmen in the town are asking the Vermont State Police to stop patrolling in the town, saying an excessive show of force in recent weeks is driving people away from visiting.

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