NORTHFIELD — Jonathan Scagel will be the interim superintendent of the Pioneer Valley Regional School District. He starts in July with a one-year contract that can be extended for another year. Scagel has been a teacher at Pioneer Valley Regional School for a year,...
HOLYOKE — At Holyoke Community College on Wednesday, a group of seven high school students gathered to mark a milestone that usually happens before stepping foot on a college campus: graduation. The students from Mount Tom Academy walked with cap and gown to receive...
After years of state, school and town officials beating the drum for rural school aid, rural districts, including Mohawk, Frontier, Pioneer Valley, and the 19 member-town Franklin County Technical School District, could see $100 per student in rural school aid from...
DEERFIELD — Frontier Regional School Principal Darius Modestow will serve as interim superintendent for the Frontier Regional and Union #38 School Districts while the districts conduct a search for a permanent superintendent to replace Lynn Carey, who is resigning....
In response to increasing educational demands and budget pressures, public school districts have looked for ways to join forces to provide necessary resources and programs on a cost-effective basis. One new example of that approach is North Berkshire Academy, the...
WESTHAMPTON — Aaron Osborne has been named the new superintendent for the Hampshire Regional School District, a week after the top choice for the position withdrew from consideration. Osborne, the business manager for Palmer Public Schools, signed an employment...
WESTHAMPTON — Judy Rush, the unanimous choice for superintendent of Hampshire Regional schools, has declined the job, the search committee announced Tuesday. In a press release, the committee said Rush withdrew her name during contract negotiations for personal...
Teachers from public schools in Hampshire and Franklin counties chosen for this year’s Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Awards will be honored April 26 at the Log Cabin in Holyoke. The 15th annual awards, sponsored by the Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation,...
WESTHAMPTON — Hampshire Regional School District’s search for a new superintendent is over after a unanimous vote to hire Judy Rush, the director of curriculum and instruction for Pittsfield Public Schools. “Everyone thinks Judy Rush is an awesome candidate,” said...
NORTHFIELD — Gail Healy will be leaving her job as assistant superintendent of Pioneer Valley Regional School District on Sept. 7, ending a 39-year education career in Franklin County that she described as “morally, ethically and, I think, educationally pretty...
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