AMHERST — The four towns that make up the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District may be nearing a new agreement for calculating how they will pay their share of the costs…
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‘We’re ready to pave our paths’: Frontier graduates 97
…to keep step as parents, friends, relatives, teachers and underclassmen watched. But, within an hour, the first of the Class of 2019 was receiving his diploma. Class of 2019 President…
Fifteen Superintendents Express Charter Concerns with Area Legislators
…under provisions of school choice. Public school districts in these counties also experience a financial drain as the number of charter school opportunities increase. Superintendents and school committees across the…
Workforce Development offers students opportunity and growth
…2000s to design a school-to-work and internship program for Northampton middle and high school students. Part of Rigney’s work involved finding alternative sources of funding to support the innovative program….
2017 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Announced
…teacher at Amherst Regional Middle School, and recipient Catherine Dollard, a science teacher at Northampton High School who was a finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics &…
Franklin County Schools sign transportation joint purchase
…and is the product of a long process. Franklin County Technical School, Gill-Montague Regional School District, Pioneer Valley Regional School District, Greenfield Public Schools and Union 28/Erving/Swift River Schools are…
U.S. Department of Education Awards Over $60 Million to Strengthen the Teacher Pipeline, Increase Educator Leadership, and Support Quality Teaching and Learning to Further Address Teacher Shortage
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) is announcing new awards to further address the teacher shortage and help ensure long-term investments in teacher pipeline and development programs across the…
Sustainability on menu: HEC Academy in Northampton recognized for garden, other ‘green’ efforts
…the school’s special education coordinator. “Basically it’s a small, therapeutic, special education high school,” Stamm said. “A lot of the kids have had trauma from past schools, and they land…
With 4-3 vote, Michael Richard chosen as West Springfield superintendent of schools
…and Jennifer C. Willard, director of human resources for the Westfield school department. A third finalist, Medway High School Principal Dr. Douglas Dias, withdrew from consideration; he also was named…
Easthampton High School to create 3-year plan to deal with bullying, harassment, hate
EASTHAMPTON, MA — In the face of another demonstration that drew about 200 people in advance of a School Committee meeting Tuesday night, school officials defended their actions in dealing…