Educators have canceled school in Marblehead for a fourth straight day as the illegal teacher strike continues.In a letter sent home to parents around 6 p.m., district officials announced there were no signs of the strike ending and that school would be canceled on Friday.

Marblehead’s varsity football team is in the Elite 8, but the ongoing teachers’ strike left Friday’s game in jeopardy. “It’s been scary for a lot of seniors. Norwood could’ve been our last game last week and we’re not done,

Superintendent John Robidoux reversed his decision to cancel all athletic and extracurricular activities during the work stoppage.

Even as school doors remain closed, kids in Marblehead will be allowed to play ball as the teacher strike threatens to extend into another week. Interim Superintendent John Robidoux said Thursday he reversed his decision to pause athletics after determining that the schools can safely allow games and other events to take place this weekend.

Students will be allowed to resume extracurricular activities while teachers are on strike, Interim Superintendent John Robidoux said in a statement Thursday afternoon.

Marblehead Public Schools will reinstate athletics and extracurriculars as teacher strikes drag on, the district reported Thursday, allowing this weekend’s high school football playoff game

The striking teachers in Marblehead are set to face $50,000 fines after an Essex Superior Court judge’s ruling.

Massachusetts teacher strikes "Yesterday there was a lot of back and forth. It felt really good," Beverly preschool paraprofessional Judy Martin told WBZ-TV Tuesday. "We're really

Marblehead parents filed a lawsuit protesting the suspension of extracurriculars during an ongoing teachers strike, as picket lines set up outside schools in three North Shore towns and tensions escalated Tuesday.

Marblehead's state tournament football game against Grafton on Friday could be effected by a ban on athletic events put forward by the town's school committee.