…than $6.2M with only $3.2M in total available funds. CES After School program director Chris Taggart noted that “the process involved surveying families and students on their needs and interest…
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Pioneer school board chooses interim superintendent
…that I can inspire the taxpayers, you (the School Committee), the community members, the parents, the families and most importantly, the students to achieve that vision, because they deserve it.”…
Education Dept. Reverses Plan to Cut Rural School Funding
…decision to reverse course, first reported by Bloomberg Government, came hours after 21 senators — 13 of them Republicans, including Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader — signed a…
Sen. Adam Hinds talks about environment, plastic straws at Conway Grammar School
…the state senator representing 52 communities in the Berkshire/Hampshire/Franklin District wasn’t hearing from a lobbyist or legislative aide. Hinds was enthralled by research detailed by Urijah Jennes and Will Dacus…
Leave no child’s school district behind
…and signed by 16 of the 19 superintendents in Franklin and Hampshire counties, including each of us. We respect the legislative process and hope to contribute vital information to the…
Easthampton Students Dig Into Pepin School History
…in association with the Massachusetts Council for Social Studies and the Collaborative for Educational Services in Northampton. You can read more about how this project evolved at the Daily Hampshire…
Caucus of superintendents makes $60M in rural school aid top priority
…for fiscal year 2027, Gov. Maura Healey has increased that allocation to $20 million. The budget is now being reviewed by state legislators. Read more at the Daily Hampshire Gazette….
Students to ask state for more education funds
…formula, which hasn’t been revised in almost 25 years. The current formula disadvantages rural schools, says the Hampshire and Franklin County Rural Schools Coalition, because it links funding to enrollment….
FC Tech hosts gender and sexuality conference
…school environments for all students. The Tech School hosted Minnechaug Regional High School, Southwick Regional School, Easthampton High School, Hampshire Regional High School, Edward Bellamy Middle School and Westfield High…
State’s education secretary gets an earful from educators, politicians in Northampton stop
…local lawmakers including Reps. Natalie Blais and Mindy Domb and Jennifer Puckering, District Director for Sen. Jacob Oliveira. Presentations at the session by superintendents of districts across Hampshire and Franklin…