by tjohnston | Nov 17, 2017 | Local News
WHATELY — Bright notes from an alto saxophone drifted on a crisp breeze early Wednesday, over the low rumble of two school buses idling outside Whately Elementary School, as bundled young students skipped down the sidewalk to morning classes. Seated at a picnic table...
by tjohnston | Nov 9, 2017 | Local News
TURNERS FALLS — The Gill-Montague Regional School Committee gave tentative approval to a set of grant proposals that would allow the district — along with the Pioneer Valley Regional School District and the Franklin County Technical School — to study the possibility...
by tjohnston | Oct 26, 2017 | Local News
GREENFIELD — Her essay began with short, simple sentences about fifth grade, sentences like, “I was terrified. Absolutely and utterly terrified.” It was a national award-winning essay that was read aloud in the Newton School gymnasium — written not by a current fifth...
by tjohnston | Oct 24, 2017 | Local News
ASTHAMPTON — After 26 years working in Easthampton schools, Superintendent Nancy Follansbee will retire at the end of the school year, in June 2018. In response to Gazette inquiries, Follansbee sent a one-sentence reply saying she would announce her retirement on...
by tjohnston | Oct 24, 2017 | Local News
NORTHFIELD — In their first meeting to discuss replacing Superintendent Ruth Miller, Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s Superintendent Search Committee decided to scope out the possibility of sharing administrators with another school district. The search...
