by tjohnston | Sep 26, 2023 | CES Stories, Local News, State/National News, Uncategorized
A regional provider of comprehensive behavioral health services has been awarded nearly $800,000 to continue its work providing social and emotional support for children in licensed child care facilities. The $772,706 Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Grant...
by tjohnston | Sep 21, 2023 | CES Stories, HR
A new focus has been added to the work of the HEC Academy students over the past year, and they are responding and finding rewards in inspirational ways. Lessons in food and nutrition last year led students to develop a proposal to include weekly food education as...
by tjohnston | Sep 18, 2023 | CES Stories, HR
On a spring morning in 2023, Albert Johnson-Mussad welcomes educators to his classroom in his usual way, with a joyful “Welcome, good people!” Johnson-Mussad begins each training, and each day, by checking in to make sure that each of the participants has what they...
by tjohnston | Aug 21, 2023 | Local News, State/National News
Months after Gov. Maura Healey’s initial budget proposal showed a moderate increase to rural school aid, that line item has nearly tripled in the approved budget, in what area administrators say is a step in the right direction toward equitable education in rural...
by tjohnston | Aug 17, 2023 | Local News
LEVERETT — Upon moving to Shutesbury in 2017, Samantha Spisiak discovered a weekly story time at M.N. Spear Memorial Library, often bringing her toddler to the get-together with other families. “This has been a really big part of our lives,” Spisiak said as she joined...
