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…
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Charter school debate looms over raising state caps
…said during a forum Thursday at the Northampton Senior Center about how charter school payments affect the Northampton schools. State figures show that Northampton paid $2.25 million in charter school…
After School Program begins this September at William E. Norris School
SOUTHAMPTON, MA – The William E. Norris Elementary School begins a new after school program for the coming school year, starting September 8th, 2015 for students through grade 5. The…
Paul Goodhind named principal of Mosier Elementary School in South Hadley
…principal of Mosier Elementary School. He will replace Jill Pasquini-Torchia who is moving over to the Plains Elementary School to succeed Jill Flanders, who is retiring July 1. Goodhind has…
Northampton School Board Expected To Decide Among Three Finalists Wednesday For New City Schools Chief
…with a planned decision by the school board. The three finalists, chosen from a pool of 16 applicants for the superintendent’s job, are: Timothy Lee, principal of Morris elementary school…
ESE votes to endorse practices for safe and supportive learning for LGBTQ students
…suicide prevention related to LGBTQ students in their required training for school personnel. 3. Schools are encouraged to offer school-based groups for LGBTQ and heterosexual students. 4. Schools are encouraged…
Mahar, Orange, Petersham school committees OK online assignment ‘Blizzard Bags’
…learning time” days the state requires in a school year. The Orange School Committee, Petersham School Committee and Mahar Regional School Committee have all opted to experiment with the idea…
Catherine Glennon
…Woodrow Wilson foundation at Princeton University (2017). She has taught in very different school environments during her career – a suburban Catholic school, an urban charter school, a Vocational-Technical school,…
English Learner Education
…blog 2017 03 24 northampton school officials approve elementary school revamp provost ( Page 8 ) Supporting Multilingual Learners Our Approach We use a whole-child, whole-school, and whole-community approach to…
Gateway’s ‘blizzard bags’ cut makeup days in sunny June
…take home when they’re likely to get snowed in. Orange, Petersham and Mahar Regional school committees have also approved blizzard bags, as have many other schools in states like neighboring…