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By MADISON SCHOFIELD
SHELBURNE — The Community Preservation Committee is recommending voters fund four projects, including replacing an elementary school playground and replacing the Arms Library elevator, for a total of $154,000, at this year’s Annual Town Meeting.
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — In an instance of a national effort gaining traction locally, 75 junior and senior students at Four Rivers Charter Public School were given hands-on instruction on how to respond to, and potentially reverse, a drug overdose during a three-hour training session this week.
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
BUCKLAND — Following a civil complaint alleging sexual assault by a former employee, Mohawk Trail Regional School District Superintendent Sheryl Stanton is advising families that the district is working with Enough Abuse, a nonprofit dedicated to preventing child sexual abuse, to provide training to staff and review school policies to ensure students are safe.
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
TURNERS FALLS — Franklin County Technical School English teacher Jay Butynski describes himself as “a goofball by nature,” a quality he doesn’t hide from students who have come to find his classroom a safe and engaging place.
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
TURNERS FALLS — It’s better late than never for the group of student thespians portraying an ogre and his donkey sidekick, along with a plethora of fairytale creatures, in “Shrek the Musical.”
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
TURNERS FALLS — In the wake of last year’s ballot question to remove the MCAS test as a graduation requirement, school officials this week decided on the competency determination students must meet to get their diplomas at Turners Falls High School.
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
ROWE — A former Mohawk Trail Regional School ski coach and Rowe park manager is being sued for allegedly sexually assaulting a student from 2016 to 2019.
By PEYTON FLEMING
Hazel Foucault, Emma Thrower and Adrian Grant bucked the tide. They opted to stay at Mohawk Trail Regional School instead of leaving — as hundreds of other students have done in the past two decades — for a charter school, vocational program or private school.
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — Tensions rose between City Council and School Committee Wednesday in the wake of Mayor Ginny Desorgher’s announcement that the city cannot fund the School Department’s nearly $25.59 million budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, a $1.89 million increase over the current fiscal year.
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
MONTAGUE — In recognition of her work to grow the music program at Turners Falls High School and Great Falls Middle School, music instructor Alyssa Comeau received a 2025 Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Award.
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — Although the mayor announced last week that the city could not fund the School Department’s nearly $25.59 million budget proposal with a $1.89 million increase, a key driver of which was redistricting measures, the School Committee voted 6-0 with one abstention to continue with its redistricting plan in September.
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
MONTAGUE — Two hundred and sixty-five students and staff members at Turners Falls High School and Great Falls Middle School have signed a petition advocating to keep School Resource Officer Dan Miner, whose position is being eliminated as part of fiscal year 2026 budget cuts.
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — Seven positions were poised to be eliminated in Ralph C. Mahar Regional School’s fiscal year 2026 budget until the teachers union agreed to a change in the insurance deductible amount to save enough money to spare two of those jobs.
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
COLRAIN — In her fifth year teaching kindergarten and fostering independence in Colrain Central School’s youngest learners, Grace Ahrensdorf has been named a winner of the 2025 Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Award.
By CHRIS LARABEE
Budget season rolls on at the Frontier Regional and Union 38 school districts, with Sunderland, Deerfield and Conway elementary schools recently sharing their fiscal year 2026 budget proposals.
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