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Follansbee announces retirement as Easthampton school superintendent
ASTHAMPTON — After 26 years working in Easthampton schools, Superintendent Nancy Follansbee will retire at the end of the school year, in June 2018. In response to Gazette inquiries, Follansbee…
Children of migrant farm workers lose vital education services amid funding freeze
…said Lisa Bakowski, the school’s principal, who oversaw the program for the past three summers. “Many of them don’t have the resources to find other support,” Bakowski said. “ It’s…
Westhampton Elementary School wins national honor
…Westhampton Elementary School is among 362 schools designated as National Blue Ribbon Schools this year, and the only school so designated in Hampshire County. In total, six such schools from…
Local 21st Century Learning Centers approved for funding for this coming school year
…communities. Programs include Memorial Elementary School in West Springfield, Greenfield High School in Greenfield, Maple School and Pepin Elementary School in Easthampton, and Converse Middle School in Palmer. The out-of-school…
New Easthampton superintendent to shine spotlight on academics, consolidated school in design
…issues.” LeClair worked in the Agawam public school system as assistant superintendent since 2012 before being hired as superintendent by the Easthampton School Committee this past spring. Across the district,…
Massachusetts Migrant Education Program provides support across the Commonwealth
…21st Century Afterschool programming. Some CES member districts had and have migratory students enrolled and the agency’s relationship with other districts, such as those within the Massachusetts Rural Schools Coalition,…
‘A really big part of our lives’: State commits $15.5M to early education and care programs
…young children. These programs are designed to support child well-being, development and school readiness, in the state’s most rural towns. “What you’ve built here is so incredible,” Kershaw said. Gillian…
Local Educator Selected for Safe and Supportive Schools Commission
…rural schools. In a time of increasing concerns over suspension and drop-out rates and pervasive achievement and opportunity gaps, as well as concerns related to gun violence in schools across…
Heath Elementary School will close
…our school has become too small to create an affordable education,” said Deb Porter, chairwoman of the Heath Education Taskforce, speaking to about 100 residents inside the Elementary School’s gymnasium….