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Heath, Mohawk reach agreement on school closure
…Task Force and Mohawk’s Heath Ad Hoc Committee settled on conditions Thursday, according to Mohawk Trail Regional School District Committee Chairwoman Martha Thurber. Pending a full Mohawk School Committee vote…
At state budget hearing at GCC, school officials share unique challenges faced by rural districts
GREENFIELD — At the Joint Committee on Ways and Means’ fiscal year 2025 state budget hearing on Friday, the focus was on statewide education and local aid. At the regional…
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…
Mohawk Trail grads: On to something new and exciting
BUCKLAND — The graduating class of 63 students filed into the gym to “Pomp and Circumstance” at Mohawk Trail Regional School’s commencement Sunday. Co-Principal Lynn Dole initiated the ceremony, and…
Mohawk Trail, Hawlemont plan blizzard bag study
…$6,840 for cafeteria staffing on those days; and $7,230 on school utilities. So far this school year, Hawlemont and all the Mohawk district schools have been closed for four academic…
Orange pushing ahead for more state school aid
…entire state, Chapter 70 is underfunded,” Reinig said, adding that a 2015 study from the state’s Foundation Budget Review Commission showed schools statewide were underfunded by more than $1 billion….
State cuts Mohawk preschool funding
…in Mohawk elementary schools. With an anticipated loss of $30,000 in state aid, school officials are recommending that 4-year-olds receive four free mornings per week of school and that 3-year-olds…
Dozens of lawmakers asking for education aid increase beyond Baker budget proposal
More than one-third of lawmakers have requested that House and Senate leaders increase by more than $20 million local education aid beyond what had been proposed by Gov. Charlie Baker…
Collaborative for Educational Services Begins Statewide Youth Mental Health First Aid Training Project
…training more than 500 teachers and administrators who work with high needs and/or at-risk students in public schools in rural Western Massachusetts. In addition, CES will work with organizations that…