A growing number of students in Boylston and Berlin are opting out of the regional school system and attending other schools in the area, a problem that is putting added pressure on the district's beleaguered finances, say local officials. The Berlin-Boylston Regional School District's interim superintendent, Joseph Connelly, said the number of Boylston students attending Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School in the fall will have doubled since two years ago, drastically increasing the... read more