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5 Things: School Committee Discusses Full-Day Kindergarten, Space Issues, Etc.

A run-down of events and other useful information for your life in Braintree on Jan. 7, 2013.

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1. The School Committee meets at 7 p.m. at the Colbert School on Pond St. The agenda includes the BHS Program of Studies, updates on security, full-day kindergerten and school space, and approval of a special ed director and a BHS girls basketball tournament.

2. The Commission on Disabilities meets at 6:30 p.m. this evening in the auditorium at Town Hall.

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3. The Braintree Historical Commission meets at 7 p.m. in the upstairs Johnson Chambers at Town Hall.

4. Thayer Public Library hosts craft events for all ages today in the Logan Auditorium:

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Tween (ages 8 and up) from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Teen and adult from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

5. Braintree High School is hosting a MARC bullying assembly for Grade 9 at 8 a.m.


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