Arlington High School plans to start a pilot program to combine honors and non-honors classes next school year, after a close vote approving the proposal.
The Arlington School Committee voted 4-3 last week to approve heterogeneous grouping by combining all freshmen into what the school will call "honors" English language arts classes next school year, as opposed to separating students according to skill and achievement.
The 55-year-old Republican from Winchester is running for statewide office in the 2022 midterm election. He's the lone Republican candidate for state auditor and he says that he has the ideas and experience that make him the best person for the job.
