GREENFIELD. MA — Jake Toomey, the principal of the Academy of Early Learning and the school superintendent’s assistant for personnel in Greenfield, is no stranger to taking command. Though his…
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Franklin Tech, Mahar receive state Capital Skills Grants
…grant from the state will help the tech school to modernize its shop classes. “It was an honor to be able to be in a situation with our school to…
Orange pushing ahead for more state school aid
…schools and schools with a high percentage of special education students. Orange is both. Reinig has presented to the Selectboard her assessment that the town’s elementary schools are grossly underfunded,…
3 Western Massachusetts teachers win White House award for excellence in science, math teaching
…School for nine years, but will begin as a chemistry teacher at Hampshire Regional High School in Westhampton this fall. In all, 213 teachers were selected for the honor, representing…
Frontier keeps adding opportunities
…school opened Wednesday for the 2016-2017 school year for the first time. Last year, the school offered a total of 11 advanced placement courses. According to a news release from…
Heath Elementary’s new principal no stranger to town
HEATH — Heath Elementary School’s new principal, Jesse Porter-Henry, is no stranger to the school or the town. Porter-Henry grew up here and was a Mohawk High School student when…
US Dept of Education announces webinar “Two Approaches to Improve Student Achievement in Rural High Schools”
…Co-Director of the Building Assets, Reducing Risks Program Jim Boothby (BARR) – Superintendent, Bucksport School District, to explain how the model has affected his rural school in Maine. Register here…
Belchertown administrator to become South Hadley middle school principal
SOUTH HADLEY — The superintendent of schools has chosen Douglas Daponde, assistant principal at Belchertown High School, to be principal at Michael E. Smith Middle School effective Nov. 6. Daponde…
Lenox schools to explore alternative ways to structure district
…shared services with other districts, superintendency unions with other schools and regionalization, in order to “know what the opportunities and the threats of the different options might be.” Through 2020,…
Tech school adds college-prep, AP courses
TURNERS FALLS, MA — Classes started this week at Franklin County Technical School for the 38th time, but for the first time with advanced college placement classes. The Technical School…