A contract employee for East Middle School has been charged with accosting a child for immoral purposes and child sexual abusive activity.

The new South Middle School, which opens Wednesday, is the first Braintree school built from the ground up in a half-century.

Work on Braintree's new South Middle School is nearly complete with the new school year set to start Sept. 6.

Assistant Principal Allison Mezzetti organized East Middle School's second annual Veterans Day program in Baintree. Guest speakers addressed students.

Unable to use the high school gym on Wednesday, the Wamps relocated to East Middle School, where coach Brian Caffelle teaches, and posted a 29-15 win.

Because Monday's meeting was held at East Middle School, the state's mask mandate applied to school committee members.

Construction on the new South Middle School should begin next month and be finished in the fall of 2023.

The school district says the incident was inspired by a "slap a teacher" challenge on popular social media app TikTok. It happened Wednesday at East Middle School in Braintree.

A Braintree middle school student assaulted a teacher on Thursday as part of a challenge on TikTok, according to Braintree school officials.

The incident happened at about 2:30 p.m. on Hillside Road near East Middle School. Braintree School Superintendent Jim Lee said the student was struck while crossing the street.