In response to increasing educational demands and budget pressures, public school districts have looked for ways to join forces to provide necessary resources and programs on a cost-effective basis. One…
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Governor Baker signs FY16 Budget
…that are raising concern include funding for early education and care programs, and the full day Kindergarten development grant program. According to Senate President Stan Rosenberg, D-Amherst, “We have serious…
Alternative high schools emphasize learning over time in class
…to do about students who have repeatedly failed a grade and are on the verge of dropping out. For almost two decades, Diploma Plus has operated small alternative programs for…
Andy Craver follows Vice principal’s uplifting example in Turners Falls
…to high schoolers who exemplify those principles and are nominated by students and staff. This year the award went to a senior football player, Andy Craver, whose behavior and demeanor…
SPIFFY’s “Building Strategies” Youth Event on 8/9/23
…next few years. At this event, SPIFFY staff reviewed where SPIFFY is at in the strategic process, including what data SPIFFY has already collected as well as the strategy ideas…
Anti-bias training gears up in Amherst regional school system
…it really covers a whole spectrum of students.” The first training, focused on intersectionality, starts on Nov. 5, giving all staff an understanding into how the complexities of race, gender,…
Turners Falls High School seniors surprised with parade
…is not yet clear. School administrators have mentioned it may be possible to hold them later this summer, but can’t say for sure yet. In the meantime, school staff came…
Easthampton fourth-graders launch campaign against car idling
…long cars were left idling. Students made posters to put up outside the school to discourage idling cars and even created an anti-idling pledge for parents, teachers, and staff to…
Mohawk Trail Regional School District educators start dialogue on hate speech
…of teachers and staff, the district welcomed educators, School Committee members and community members to the Shelburne-Buckland Community Center in June to start a dialogue about discrimination, hate speech, bias,…
Mohawk Trail Regional School receives $375,000 Mass IDEAS Implementation Grant
…Grant. In 2019, MTRS was awarded the 16-month long planning grant to gather valuable student, staff, and community input. This data, and the work completed throughout the planning grant period,…