BELCHERTOWN — Belchertown Public Schools Superintendent Karol Coffin plans to retire from the district after this school year, effective June 30. Coffin submitted a letter of intent to retire on…
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Leave no child’s school district behind
…debate. For citizens and their legislative representatives to vote on the expansion of charter schooling we need to understand the true costs and benefits of charter schools and traditional public…
Sheffield Elementary School celebrates National Poetry Month with ‘poet trees’
TURNERS FALLS — National Poetry Month at Sheffield Elementary School usually centers around second-graders, who learn about the art form all year long. But this year, it morphed into a…
Drawing attention: Author-illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka visits Norris Elementary School
SOUTHAMPTON — Fifth graders at Norris Elementary School were silent as they listened attentively to author and illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka recounting the very first picture book he made in third…
Individualized ceremonies to be edited into video of Mohawk Trail Regional School’s graduation
BUCKLAND — While it might be traditional for a speaker to thank everyone who attends a graduation ceremony, in a socially distant commencement on Sunday, Mohawk Trail Regional School Salutatorian…
With prospect of more charter schools, rural educators see greater risk
…charter school leaders say those concerns are overblown. Charter school proponents, who include some top state officials and business-backed interest groups, want to see 12 new or expanded charter schools…
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…
A cross-generational message Mahar graduates hear meaningful message from school’s namesake
ORANGE — It was at the Mahar Regional School graduation ceremony of 1962, when state Sen. Ralph C. Mahar, the school’s namesake, gave some words of advice to the graduating…
Creating Your AI School Policy
…complete or near-complete draft of district-level policy for school committee consideration; and (b) a guidance statement about AI that district administrators can provide to schools and teachers. “It is not…
Mohawk aims to move sixth grade in 2019
BUCKLAND — If the Mohawk Trail Regional School District’s plan to move sixth-graders to the middle school is approved by member towns, today’s fourth-grade classes at Sanderson Academy, Buckland-Shelburne and…