SHELBURNE — A group of Mohawk Trail Regional School District teachers is pondering the question of how to address hate speech in school environments. Led by an ad hoc committee of teachers and staff, the district welcomed educators, School Committee members and community members to the Shelburne-Buckland Community Center in June to start a dialogue about discrimination, hate speech, bias, and how to create school communities that foster openness and a sense of belonging. “The goal was not just to have one event, but to begin many more conversations,” said Boris Samarov, a...
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Aug
2017
14
School Committee passes transgender student policy
NORTHAMPTON — School Committee here voted on Thursday to approve a policy that expands protections to transgender and gender nonconforming students and employees of Northampton Public Schools. “The policy you are asking about was drafted by the rules and policy...
Aug
2017
11
Hampshire COG, Franklin CDC, to offer local foods to schools
As students at Leverett and Erving elementary schools dig into their vegetables this fall, they may be getting a taste of local farms thanks to a new collaboration of the Franklin County Community Development Corp. and the Hampshire Regional Council of Governments....
Jul
2017
29
Greenfield High “acting” principal now full-time
GREENFIELD — When the school year rolls around, students and faculty will recognize a familiar face at the helm of the town’s high school. Karin Patenaude is the new principal of Greenfield High School, after Superintendent Jordana Harper lifted the “acting” title...
Jul
2017
29
Rural schools seek grant for shared services
BUCKLAND — A common problem for small, rural school districts is that professional services may be needed for a fraction of the time that bigger school systems require.This means small schools have to find qualified personnel willing to take on part-time jobs for...
Jul
2017
18
New principal to join Granby Junior Senior High School
GRANBY — Holyoke High School’s principal is taking his talents east to Granby. Stephen Sullivan, Holyoke High’s principal since 2014, has been named the new principal at Granby Junior/Senior High School. Sullivan previously served as assistant principal at Holyoke...
Jul
2017
13
Urban legislators don’t get the struggle to fund large, rural bus routes
Maybe someone should arrange a school bus ride across the 530 road miles of the Mohawk Trail Regional School District for state legislators from those geographically tiny Boston metro cities and towns. Seriously. How else will the majority of state lawmakers, who...
Jul
2017
10
Hawlemont sees new principal, new programs
CHARLEMONT — Hawlemont is a school where everyone does farm chores, so it’s no big deal for the school principal, on a summer afternoon, to feed the school’s 19 chickens and five piglets before ending the day. “The staff take turns, when school’s out,” explains...
Jun
2017
28
Mahar student attending Global Youth Summit on the Future of Medicine
ORANGE — A Ralph C. Mahar Regional School student will represent her school and her state at the Global Youth Summit on the Future of Medicine at Brandeis University. Kacy Ninteau is one of 230 delegates selected from hundreds of applicants for the program taking...
Jun
2017
28
The classroom hits the virtual road
EASTHAMPTON — To guide her students as they studied ancient Greece and Rome this spring, sixth-grade teacher Judith Breier took a different approach from the traditional textbook lesson. On June 20, the class took a trip to the ancient civilizations — virtually....
Jun
2017
27
Fond farewell: Bittersweet final day at Cheshire Elementary
CHESHIRE, MA — Principal Peter Bachli ended the day with an unusual announcement over the school's public address system: "Thanks for the memories." Barring a last-minute change of plans, Cheshire Elementary School will not reopen next school year, making Tuesday...
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