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…
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Charter school debate looms over raising state caps
…said during a forum Thursday at the Northampton Senior Center about how charter school payments affect the Northampton schools. State figures show that Northampton paid $2.25 million in charter school…
Franklin Tech steps away from musicals
…school, we’re going to be a play school,” he said. Since that time the school has done at least one play every spring, with Prasol trying to pick modern comedies…
Hawlemont School to hold annual celebration Friday
…— generating a lot of interest among students and helped to build a stronger connection between this farming community and its elementary school. Local farmers have lent the HAY program…
Education secretary hears about rural school challenges
NORTHFIELD — In the Pioneer Valley Regional School library and on the trails behind the building, Massachusetts Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler got a lesson in rural education. Tutwiler, along…
New Bedford High School’s Takeru Nagayoshi is Mass. Teacher of the Year
…to Brown. Nagayoshi is the first person who took him to visit the school, he said, and has taken other students who enroll in his Advanced Placement seminar. For Arabian,…
Smith School names interim superintendent
NORTHAMPTON, MA — The Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School board of trustees voted 3-1 Wednesday to offer Kevin C. Farr the job of interim superintendent for the coming school…
Amherst-Pelham school district names Morris superintendent
AMHERST — Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools now has a permanent superintendent, though he’s by no means new. In a unanimous vote, the Union 26 and Regional school committees Tuesday evening appointed…
Last day for Pearl Rhodes brings joy, sadness: Institution closing for final time
LEYDEN — It was the last day of school Friday, and students’ summers began. But even with the school’s-out excitement, there was a feeling of sadness among teachers, parents and…
Combined school district management proposed
ORANGE — The superintendent of schools for Ralph C. Mahar Regional School and Union 73 has proposed an agreement between the three school districts she oversees and the Pioneer Valley…