…brand new building, Mountain View School, the following fall. They wanted to record important school and town history before the buildings were abandoned and the sounds of children playing at…
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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…
Interim GHS principal steps into permanent post
…popular principal — for whom teachers and faculty rallied for at a School Committee meeting last school year — Patenaude began the new school year in a fairly comfortable position…
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…
Preschool playground at Crocker Farm Elementary School in Amherst officially opens
…rocks to play with, school officials said. Crocker Farm’s about 70 preschool students are divided into classes of 15. About half of those students are those with special needs, while…
Rural Schools Roundtable emphasizes funding difficulties for area’s rural schools
BUCKLAND — State legislators, school administrators and town officials convened at Mohawk Trail Regional School Thursday morning for a Rural Schools Roundtable to discuss funding challenges Pioneer Valley schools are…
Education Dept. Reverses Plan to Cut Rural School Funding
WASHINGTON — Facing a bipartisan backlash led by Republican lawmakers, the Trump administration is backing off a bookkeeping change that would have drastically cut federal funds for rural schools –…
Schools pivot to remote learning – Educators try to provide ‘normalcy in this abnormal time’ amid school closures
NORTHAMPTON — With Massachusetts schools closed through at least April 7 as part of a state effort to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, school districts are adjusting to…
Gov. Charlie Baker proposes major change to charter school funding formula
…for charter school tuition. Baker wants to give district schools an extra $20.5 million next year through the charter school reimbursement formula, for a total of $101 million, with most…
The people’s principal: Jackson Street School leader says goodbye after three decades in district
NORTHAMPTON — Gwen Agna initially hesitated when she was offered the role of interim principal at Bridge Street School in 1993. She stayed up all night writing a letter to…