…schools, will help the Mohawk Trail, Frontier, Pioneer, Mahar, Gill-Montague and Franklin County Technical school districts, as well as Greenfield schools, develop more “trauma-informed” cultures. An outcome will be to…
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Unanimous Supreme Court Expands Scope of Special Education Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a major decision expanding the scope of students’ special education rights, ruling unanimously that schools must do more than provide a “merely more…
U.S. Department of Education Issues Guidance on Federal Funds to Support Afghan and Other Newcomer Students
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) issued a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) to Chief State School Officers detailing information about federal funds and resources available to support Afghan children and their families, who have recently…
Conway Grammar School hosts guest readers for Dr. Seuss’ birthday
…a reading initiative from the National Education Association. About 15 people — school staffers, local and state police, School committee members, Conway Selectboard members and Frontier Regional School students —…
Chocolate milk is heading back to school
…the nutrition standards. The language would apply only to the 2017-18 school year. But it mirrors changes to school lunch standards the Trump administration announced Monday as U.S. Secretary of…
CES Educator Licensure program provides supportive path to teaching
…graduate school, beginning work in a para/school support position at the Chinese Immersion Charter School in Hadley while investigating options for obtaining his teaching credentials. He has been at Holyoke…
Granby offers superintendent’s job to Agawam High School Principal Steven Lemanski
GRANBY, MA — The School Committee voted 4-1 Thursday night to offer the job of superintendent to Agawam High School Principal Steven Lemanski. The school board still must negotiate a…
Swift River School forum on standardized testing draws large crowd
…planning stages, according to Johanna Bartlett, school committee chair. Town officials and school committee members from Wendell and Union #28, Hatfield, Longmeadow, Holyoke and Gill-Montague schools attended, as well as…
Franklin County Technical School receives grant for tree nursery
…came to fruition last year when David Detmold, chairman of the Montague Tree Advisory Committee, joined the effort and Richardson brought the school on board. The Tech School and the…
Gateway’s ‘blizzard bags’ cut makeup days in sunny June
…School District, however, will be on the other side of those windows, basking in the sun. The reason for the earliest end to school for Gateway students in recent memory?…