…who oppose lifting the cap. For local school superintendents, more charter schools mean more students leaving their home district, taking much-needed revenue with them. In Franklin County, where school districts…
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Mohawk aims to move sixth grade in 2019
BUCKLAND — If the Mohawk Trail Regional School District’s plan to move sixth-graders to the middle school is approved by member towns, today’s fourth-grade classes at Sanderson Academy, Buckland-Shelburne and…
The brains behind computers: Family code night at Norris School in Southampton
…figuring the introduction would be beneficial. About a dozen families attended the May 2 family code night hosted by Hampshire Regional School District, where they learned the basics of coding…
Whately Elementary plans to build for success
WHATELY, MA — Teachers at the town’s elementary school are gearing up for the upcoming school year, and preparing a curriculum that school Principal Peter Crisafulli said will bring a…
Mount Tom Academy Senior Awards and Dedication Ceremony
…High School, Easthampton High School, Agawam High School, East Longmeadow High School, and Hampshire Regional High School at the Senior Awards Ceremony. Graduating Seniors return to their sending district to…
Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School welcomes new vice principal
…over for Hayley Gilmore, who was promoted to principal following the retirement of Joanne Giguere. Moynihan, a U.S. Navy veteran and Westfield resident, joined the Mohawk Trail Regional School District…
School panel takes aim at gun violence
…elected officials, the town’s police chief, a middle school student, a researcher from Smith College and a suicide prevention advocate. The panel was meant to address the ramifications of school…
Juuling in school: E-cigarette use prevalent among local youth
…Northampton High School freshman who said he doesn’t Juul. Max Shannon, a teenager from Amherst, estimates the number of high school-aged youth Juuling at around 50 percent. “I don’t know…
Franklin Tech steps away from musicals
…school, we’re going to be a play school,” he said. Since that time the school has done at least one play every spring, with Prasol trying to pick modern comedies…
Stretched too thin: Rural school districts go on the offensive for legislative help
…establish rural school aid. The Massachusetts Rural Schools Coalition, led by Michael Buoniconti, the superintendent of the Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont Regional School districts, went to Boston on Thursday to…