…elected officials, the town’s police chief, a middle school student, a researcher from Smith College and a suicide prevention advocate. The panel was meant to address the ramifications of school…
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Mohawk versus charters: District to rally against tuition hikes
BUCKLAND, MA – Facing a 15 percent increase in mandated payments for charter school tuition, Mohawk Trail Regional School District officials say the state funding formula for charter schools is…
Strategic Planning
Home E Search query for: blog blog 2017 03 24 northampton school officials approve elementary school revamp provost ( Page 17 ) Your strategic plan can be focused, and integrate…
What’s next for Heath school kids? Community talks planned
…Heath Elementary School now has 31 students (two more Heath children enrolled this winter), and closing the sparsely populated school would save the Mohawk Trail Regional School District about $500,000….
State board rejects Hadley Chinese charter school expansion
…Malden, the board denied a 452-student enrollment increase at the charter school recommended by Mitchell D. Chester, the commissioner of elementary and secondary education. Chester called the decade-old school an…
Rural School Aid awarded to local districts
…also chairman of the Massachusetts Rural Schools Coalition, which lobbied for the new form of school aid to rural towns. “The Massachusetts Rural Schools Coalition lood to continued partnering with…
Green Room 21st Century Community Learning Center after school program continues to thrive
…adults and students starting their afterschool day. All are quickly answered and everyone moves to the day’s activities. The Green Room at Greenfield High School is one of thirteen 21st…
Gov. Charlie Baker proposes major change to charter school funding formula
BOSTON, MA — Gov. Charlie Baker, a strong advocate for charter schools, is using his fiscal year 2017 budget proposal to change the way in which district schools are reimbursed…
G-M schools have higher enrollment
TURNERS FALLS — The Gill-Montague Regional School District has an increase in enrollment for the 2017-2018 school year. Superintendent Michael Sullivan said they are at 984 students total, which is…
Easthampton schools making progress on diversity, inclusion
EASTHAMPTON — The city’s public schools are fulfilling their pledge to address issues of bias and racism in the schools, the Massachusetts attorney general’s office said this month. Two years…