by tjohnston | Jan 9, 2019 | CES Stories, Local News
TURNERS FALLS – The Gill-Montague School District has the right policies and procedures in place concerning civil rights violations in its secondary schools, although in some instances staff haven’t followed them when they are stretched thin, Superintendent Michael...
by tjohnston | Dec 19, 2018 | Local News
SUNDERLAND — Jessica Callahan made an observation as a class of kindergartners and their educators strolled down a hallway at Sunderland Elementary School. “This would be anxiety for him,” she said. “He would probably stand in the corner until everybody passed....
by tjohnston | Dec 18, 2018 | Local News, State/National News
Other than its bucolic setting in the Berkshire mountains, Lee Elementary seems like any other public school. Case in point: On a recent morning, as children were scuttling to classes, stuffing their backpacks in their lockers, the loudspeaker announced the day’s...
by tjohnston | Dec 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
On Thursday, November 15, the Hampshire Gazette published a guest editorial by Richard Alcorn, the executive director of the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School (PVCICS). PVCICS has applied to the state Board of Education to expand its numbers, even...
by tjohnston | Nov 13, 2018 | CES Stories, Local News
NORTHAMPTON — Over the last decade, middle and high school students have been smoking cigarettes less — rates have dropped significantly since 2011. The bad news is that a new vice is on the rise with young people: Juuling. If you don’t know what that is, you’re not...
