TURNERS FALLS — Gill-Montague Regional School District officials are excited to determine the most beneficial uses of a $110,000 grant for regionalization and shared services between school districts, according to Superintendent Michael Sullivan. The grant was...
BUCKLAND — If the Mohawk Trail Regional School District’s plan to move sixth-graders to the middle school is approved by member towns, today’s fourth-grade classes at Sanderson Academy, Buckland-Shelburne and Colrain Central could become the first sixth-graders to...
BUCKLAND — The Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont regional school districts now have enough volunteers for a study committee to research a Blizzard Bag Program, which would enable students in all grades to keep up their academic programs during “snow days” without having...
AMHERST -- In keeping with its tradition of being a sanctuary and a welcoming community, school officials this week told parents the district will continue to teach and serve El Salvadoran immigrants who might lose their federal Temporary Protected Status....
HOLYOKE - Holyoke High School and William J. Dean Technical High School will merge and become one school with two campuses effective for the 2018-2019 school year, officials said Friday. "The idea is one city, one school," said Stephen K. Zrike, the state-appointed...
ORANGE — The Orange Elementary School Committee last night gave the nod to four days’ worth of “Blizzard Bags” this academic year, though Thursday’s snow day was exempt. A Blizzard Bag is a packet of school work sent home with students before a snow day so there is...
ORANGE — The superintendent of schools for Ralph C. Mahar Regional School and Union 73 has proposed an agreement between the three school districts she oversees and the Pioneer Valley Regional School District to share administrative services as a way to save money....
DEERFIELD — District officials from Union 38 schools are calling on state legislators to uphold their end of the bargain and fully fund regional transportation costs. “I write to respectfully request your support of Massachusetts General Law Chapter 71, Section...
EASTHAMPTON -- Ninth-grade students at Easthampton High School will no longer be called "freshmen." Instead, they will be called "first years." The change was approved by the School Committee as part of their acceptance of a new, revised student handbook. "For the...
AMHERST — Superintendent Michael Morris has been appointed for a three-year term to a statewide advisory council on racial imbalance in the commonwealth's schools. The Racial Imbalance Advisory Council will advise the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and...
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