…co-chairs of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees’ (MASC) new Small and Rural Schools Committee. Martha Thurber, chair of the Mohawk Trail Regional School District School Committee, and Sunderland Elementary…
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ESE Issues Fiscal Conditions in Rural School Districts Report
…to be distributed to rural school districts. It examines enrollment, staffing, spending trends, local aid, school choice, and charter school tuitions to understand the challenges facing rural districts. The report…
PraacticalAAC Blog Post by Jeanne Tuthill
Jeanne Tuthill, an assistive technology specialist at the CCATT Center, has prepared a post for Carole Zangari’s PracticalAAC Blog, and we are pleased to share the blog with you: If…
Commission wants $60M for rural school districts
…vocational schools and charter schools on sending school districts.Health insurance ■School districts should consider joint purchasing of health insurance, as spending has put an above-average strain on rural school budgets….
Rural School Aid awarded to local districts
…also chairman of the Massachusetts Rural Schools Coalition, which lobbied for the new form of school aid to rural towns. “The Massachusetts Rural Schools Coalition lood to continued partnering with…
Hinds and Blais say launch of Rural Schools Commission ‘a big win’ for region
…enrollment factor in the existing rural school aid formula. The state provided rural school aid of $1.1 million to schools in Franklin County and the North Quabbin area this year….
Representatives from Rural Schools and Communities Gather at Tuesday Summit in Shelburne
…presentation developed by the Rural Schools Coalition, making an appeal for towns, municipalities, and school districts to identify ways to work together on strategies to address the problem. Buoniconti began…
US Dept of Education announces webinar “Two Approaches to Improve Student Achievement in Rural High Schools”
…for rural high school students: RMEP seeks to create a model of shared responsibility for schools in high-poverty rural environments that historically have undervalued mathematics as a requirement for future…
Sparsity Aid for rural schools? Mohawk mulls rural school assoc.
…Michael Buoniconti invited 45 school superintendents of 65 rural school districts to this meeting — and all have small school populations in large rural areas. “Some (superintendents) are in charge…
Rural Schools Roundtable emphasizes funding difficulties for area’s rural schools
BUCKLAND — State legislators, school administrators and town officials convened at Mohawk Trail Regional School Thursday morning for a Rural Schools Roundtable to discuss funding challenges Pioneer Valley schools are…