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By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
ERVING — After six months as interim principal, Beth Gannon will be sticking around Erving Elementary School as the permanent principal.
By LUKE MACANNUCO
NORTHFIELD — Outside Northfield Elementary School, Parent-Teacher Organization volunteer Cheryl George watched as a Graves Concrete truck poured the concrete foundation for the school’s new outdoor pavilion.
By CHRIS LARABEE
NORTHFIELD — The search is underway for a new director of finance and operations at the Pioneer Valley Regional School District.
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — Ralph C. Mahar Regional School will soon be more energy-efficient after securing $524,000 in grants.
By AALIANNA MARIETTA
Barbara Yue traveled more than 7,000 miles from Shanghai to visit the Giving Tree School in Gill.
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — Summer and after-school programming appears to be in jeopardy after the U.S. Department of Education announced it is withholding certain funding, including 21st Century Community Learning Centers grants, for the 2025-2026 school year.
By DOUG SELWYN
In the first week of his presidency, President Trump said: “We will terminate every diversity, equity, and inclusion program across the entire federal government.”
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
BOSTON — Bills proposing $60 million for rural schools are necessary to ensure their continued survival, Pioneer Valley residents told state legislators on Wednesday.
By CHRIS LARABEE
NORTHFIELD — A revitalized greenhouse and garden, rehabilitation of the school’s cross-country trail and work with the Franklin Land Trust are all highlights of Pioneer Valley Regional School’s nascent Innovation Career Pathways environmental science program.
By CHRIS LISINSKI
BOSTON — “Electronic cocaine.” “A youth behavioral health crisis on steroids.” “Nothing’s more aggravating to me as a parent.”
By CHRIS LARABEE
BOSTON — Rural school aid is likely to stay level-funded in the fiscal year 2026 budget, even after more testimony from local advocates on Beacon Hill this month.
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — The School Committee voted 6-1 on Saturday to appoint Monson Public Schools interim Superintendent Roland Joyal Jr. to serve as Greenfield’s interim superintendent after six candidates were interviewed over the course of the day.
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
BUCKLAND — The Mohawk Trail Regional School District School Committee has rated Superintendent Sheryl Stanton as “exemplary.”
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
MONTAGUE — Tari Thomas, former superintendent of the Ralph C. Mahar Regional and Union 73 school districts, has been tapped for the interim superintendent position at the Gill-Montague Regional School District, pending successful contract negotiations and reference checks.
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — Returning to budget talks following May’s City Council meeting, the School Committee voted Wednesday to approve a level-funded fiscal year 2026 budget, reflecting roughly $1.89 million in cuts from the original proposal that was submitted to the mayor earlier this year.
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
BUCKLAND — The Mohawk Trail Regional School District School Committee has approved implementing a child sexual abuse prevention plan that was developed in collaboration with Enough Abuse.
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — The School Committee voted unanimously to approve two interview sessions on Saturday for the seven candidates who have applied to fill Superintendent Karin Patenaude’s role for an interim period.
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
MONTAGUE — An administrative reorganization in the Gill-Montague Regional School District for the next school year, which includes cutting the family engagement coordinator role, was approved by the School Committee this week.
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — Fisher Hill Elementary School students typically spend their days studying core subjects like science, math and writing. But on Monday they were able to carve out some time for lessons in weaving, blacksmithing, mosaics and jousting.
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
ROWE — After 20 years working in education and 14 years at the helm of Rowe Elementary School, Principal Bill Knittle is retiring.
By LUKE MACANNUCO
WARWICK — Matthew Bobola, the new business administrator of the Warwick Community School and district, has a passion for applying his financial expertise to education.
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