…budgets are in jeopardy. As enrollments decline and expenses rise, towns and schools suffer the increasing squeeze of flat Chapter 70 funding from the state for education. Over the past…
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Francia Wisnewski
Francia Wisnewski has a strong and varied background in education. She has taught in South America and possesses broad experience in developing educational programs for early literacy and Early Childhood,…
MIAC reverses Rule 53 decision
…students to participate on high school teams. Thus, all single-principal schools that include students in grades 7 – 12 can continue to use middle school athletics without a waiver, and…
Smith Academy principal leaving for bigger school
…Smith Academy, whose enrollment is less than 200 students. Though Berrios said a small school had benefits – such as getting to know all the students – he said the…
Juuling in school: E-cigarette use prevalent among local youth
NORTHAMPTON — Over the last decade, middle and high school students have been smoking cigarettes less — rates have dropped significantly since 2011. The bad news is that a new…
My Turn: Our educational landscape: Charter schools’ negative impact in area
…Hampshire counties. The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) and the superintendents of most of the school districts in Franklin and Hampshire counties have been examining the data about enrollment trends…
Mahar teacher Angela Cote honored for ‘making learning fun
…students, and brings innovation to the forefront of students’ education. One of Ms. Cote’s students recently described her as ‘making learning fun and understandable,’” the school said in a statement….
Mohawk versus charters: District to rally against tuition hikes
…tuition, regardless of what it costs the charter school to educate its students. As Mohawk’s student populations decreases, its per-pupil costs rise, because of fixed costs and the teachers who…
Sheffield Elementary School celebrates National Poetry Month with ‘poet trees’
…pockets. On Poem in Your Pocket Day — April 30 this year — students in other grades are encouraged to ask the second-graders to read their poems aloud. Students are…
Local schools to form rural association
…an official name. Rural school districts are those with fewer than 1,000 students, or which serve towns with fewer than 10 students per square mile. Last month, Buoniconti invited several…