…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….
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Hinds and Blais say launch of Rural Schools Commission ‘a big win’ for region
…from the state capital.” The Rural Schools Commission was created by the Student Opportunity Act to investigate “robust long-term solutions” to issues uniquely impacting schools in rural areas. The state’s…
Two local school advocates tapped to lead state’s new Small and Rural Schools Committee
…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…
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…
State education formula out of whack, Commission: Health insurance, special ed underfunded
…accurately reflect what districts are paying. Peisch, who chairs the Legislature’s Education Committee with Chang-Diaz, said that school districts have no leeway to modify their fixed costs for special education…
State’s new rural policy commission meets in Greenfield
GREENFIELD, MA — A newly formed state Rural Policy Commission set to work Friday at an organizational meeting that sets to make its top priority the 167 rural communities of…
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…
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…
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…
Local Educator Selected for Safe and Supportive Schools Commission
…and districts to create the whole-school safe and supportive environments that can help to reduce school violence and serve as the foundation for all students, including those who have endured…