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By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Just days after more than 40 town officials, school representatives and other stakeholders convened to consider what regionalization of the Gill-Montague and Pioneer Valley regional school districts might entail, the Pioneer School...

By BELLA LEVAVI

ORANGE — With speeches, poems and songs, the community gathered at Fisher Hill Elementary School on Saturday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new building and the learning that will happen within its walls. “As we cut this...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — A third of all UMass students will qualify for free tuition paid for by the new income surtax on the state’s highest earners under a plan the Healey administration rolled out Wednesday on an expansion of state financial aid.The governor...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Before a small audience of primarily Greenfield educators, Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Karin Patenaude was interviewed by the School Committee on Tuesday for her bid to become the district’s next superintendent.With...

By SCOTT MERZBACHand DOMENIC POLI

A search is underway for a new superintendent to oversee Erving School Union 28, a district that includes four elementary schools serving preschool through sixth-grade students in Shutesbury, Leverett, Erving, Wendell and New Salem.With September’s...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Frontier Regional School’s 2023 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) test results showed consistent performances throughout the district as some students are still shrugging off the effects of the pandemic.The...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — With a vote on ending intradistrict School Choice still forthcoming, some parents and teachers are pushing for the School Committee to consider how an abrupt end to the practice could affect students who would be forced to return to their...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Retired Lt. Col. Glenn Scott noticed a few snafus in one of Ralph C. Mahar Regional School’s Army Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps demonstrations on Thursday. But that’s not uncommon for a program barely 2½ months old.“I think it went...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — Fourth-grade teachers at Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School Jackie Fuller and Lisa Kuerzel have been recognized for their emphasis on nature education with Mass Audubon’s Conservation Teacher of the Year Award.The two teachers won this...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

MONTAGUE — Having been signed by Gill-Montague Regional School District School Committee Chair Jane Oakes, the contract between the committee and the teachers union is now official, Superintendent Brian Beck announced Thursday.The contract, a product...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

ERVING — The subcommittee devoted to examining the pros and cons of a theoretical departure from School Union 28 convened for the first time Wednesday evening, establishing its mission and planning first steps.The seven-member subcommittee includes...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — A few years ago, Greenfield High School senior Eric Duong could never have imagined himself graduating alongside his peers.Duong was a sophomore, struggling to keep up with schoolwork at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when guidance...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BOSTON — Educators, town officials and students from across the Pioneer Valley appeared before the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Education on Monday to share their support for bills that would codify several recommendations to ensure the stability...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Ahead of this week’s second public forum on facilities planning, the consulting company leading the process briefed the Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee on its initial survey data.At the School Committee’s Oct. 26...

By BELLA LEVAVI

TURNERS FALLS — By connecting with women working in trades on Friday, Franklin County Technical School’s freshmen girls had the chance to consider what career paths might be right for them, potentially in a traditionally male-dominated field.Gathered...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Following the encouragement of several community members at this week’s City Council meeting, councilors voted unanimously to back two resolutions supporting three pending state school funding bills. “Knocking on doors in Precinct 1, [the...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The state’s higher education commissioner paid a visit to Greenfield Community College on Thursday for a tour of the school’s Outdoor Learning Lab, allowing him to see the kind of hands-on STEM projects that are funded by a grant from his...

By EDEN MOR

Two Pioneer Valley lawmakers are seeking a more concrete plan — including the creation of a “watchdog group” — to improve the health of public school buildings and reduce their environmental impact.Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, and Rep. Mindy...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Residents, including some of the youngest members of the city, are asking the School Committee to carefully consider the impact that ending intradistrict School Choice would have on current choice students ahead of an anticipated vote...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Members of the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Higher Education, including Sen. Jo Comerford, stopped by Greenfield Community College on Friday afternoon as part of a statewide public higher education tour. “It’s an honor to have them...