…for the two designated “snow days” of their April 16-20 spring vacation. “The basic concept … is that a certain number of snow days would serve as official school days,…
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Gazda named director of region’s educational resource center
…principal; he also had a stint as the principal of Chester Elementary School. Gazda, who today lives in West Hartford, Connecticut, moved on in 2012 to become the superintendent of…
Scholar and Common Core critic Yong Zhao says schools need to rethink use of classroom technology
…work together on engineering projects. William Dornbush, data management specialist for Franklin County Technical School in Turners Falls, said he agreed with Zhao that the demands Common Core standards place…
Kevin Courtney
Kevin Courtney is a consultant to the Executive Director at CES, whose responsibilities include serving as a liaison to the Franklin County school districts and working with school leaders, primarily…
He’s game for becoming superintendent
TURNERS FALLS, MA — As principal of the Franklin County Technical School, Richard Martin was known for a nearer-than-the-bleachers involvement in the vocational high school’s sports teams, suiting up for…
Superintendents join to express sorrow and outrage
…MA Rick Martin, Superintendent, Franklin County Technical School, Turners Falls, MA Darius Modestow, Superintendent, Frontier Regional and Union 38 School Districts, South Deerfield, MA David B. Hopson, Superintendent of Schools,…
Meet Mack: Gill-Montague’s school comfort dog
TURNERS FALLS — A 5-week-old chocolate Labrador named Mack is headed to the Gill-Montague Regional School District next month to become the first full-time school comfort dog in Franklin County….
Western MA coalition releases recommendations for minimizing the impact of trauma on young children involved in DCF
…early childhood providers and DCF workers and supervisors in the Greenfield Area Office (covering Franklin County, Athol and most of Hampshire County). Approximately 70% of DCF Greenfield Area Office staff…
Rural School Aid awarded to local districts
…help cash-strapped rural schools in sparsely populated communities. In Franklin County, the largest aid sums went to Ralph C. Mahar, Mohawk Trail and Pioneer Valley regional school districts. Mahar will…
With prospect of more charter schools, rural educators see greater risk
…who oppose lifting the cap. For local school superintendents, more charter schools mean more students leaving their home district, taking much-needed revenue with them. In Franklin County, where school districts…