…capita income below the state average, with priority given to districts serving fewer than 11 students per square mile. The budget also includes $4 million for the Healthy Incentives Program,…
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Mass. High School Graduation Rate Improves
Massachusetts education officials say the state’s high school graduation rate is up to 86.1 percent, with some of the strongest gains among minority and low-income students. The Department of Elementary…
Palmer-Monson Family Network offers a “great, fun, safe place” for kids and parents
…Street in Three Rivers and is open on Wednesday and Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. This service is available for children who are between the ages of newborn…
Sheffield Elementary School counselor honored with Grinspoon award
TURNERS FALLS — It can take a village to raise a child. But just as often, it takes a whole school. Kevin White, the counselor at Sheffield Elementary School, knows…
State Senate OKs study on rural school aid
A provision to study how rural schools might get more state aid has been included in the Senate budget that was adopted this week. That’s good news for Franklin County’s…
Early Childhood Focuses on Social-Emotional Wellbeing as the Foundation of Learning
…and communities. The Early Childhood team has also long been a grantee to provide Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation directly to Hampshire and Franklin County children and families. The CES…
Pioneer Valley residents testify in favor of rural school aid bill
Educators, town officials and students from across the Pioneer Valley appeared before the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Education on Monday to share their support for bills that would codify several…
Youth Policy and Advocacy Summit 2025
…was co-planned by adults and youth in Hampshire and Franklin Counties over the course of seven months. The purpose of the Summit was to provide local youth with useful information…
Schools end blizzard bag program after state cancels initiative
…to students to complete at home on snow days. Each bag counts as one day of attendance, meaning schools do not need to tack on an extra day to the…
Community Foundation Grants given
…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…