by tjohnston | Jan 15, 2018 | Local News
BUCKLAND — The Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont regional school districts now have enough volunteers for a study committee to research a Blizzard Bag Program, which would enable students in all grades to keep up their academic programs during “snow days” without having to...
by tjohnston | Jan 15, 2018 | State/National News
WASHINGTON — Too often, low-income, black and Latino students end up in schools with crumbling walls, old textbooks and unqualified teachers, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The commission said inequities are caused by...
by tjohnston | Jan 10, 2018 | Local News
AMHERST — In keeping with its tradition of being a sanctuary and a welcoming community, school officials this week told parents the district will continue to teach and serve El Salvadoran immigrants who might lose their federal Temporary Protected Status....
by tjohnston | Jan 10, 2018 | Local News
HOLYOKE – Holyoke High School and William J. Dean Technical High School will merge and become one school with two campuses effective for the 2018-2019 school year, officials said Friday. “The idea is one city, one school,” said Stephen K. Zrike, the...
by tjohnston | Jan 5, 2018 | Local News
ORANGE — The Orange Elementary School Committee last night gave the nod to four days’ worth of “Blizzard Bags” this academic year, though Thursday’s snow day was exempt. A Blizzard Bag is a packet of school work sent home with students before a snow day so there is...
