The Berkshire Business and Professional Women will hold their January meeting, January 8, 2007 at Zucchini’s Restaurant. Networking begins at 5:30 pm, Dinner at 6:00 pm. The cost is $25.00 per person. To reserve, please contact Holly Lawson at 413-445-8261 or holly.lawson@tdbanknorth.com, or Chris Schaefer at 413-458-9611 x 507, or chris@orchardshotel.com.
The Program is titled “E-mail Etiquette: What Would Emily Post Do?†presented by Susanna Opper of Shawenon Communications.
Susanna, whose MBA is from New York University’s Stern School, is the co-founder of the Berkshire Entrepreneurs Network and has been recognized by Toastmasters International as Advanced Toastmaster Gold, the highest speaking achievement the organization offers.
E-mail has replaced almost every form of traditional communication—telephone, letters and even personal interactions. It’s a boon to business and connects families, friends and even lovers. But e-mail can also be maddening.
At this lively session, you’ll learn how to be a caring on-line communicator from an e-mail pioneer. Susanna Opper began conversing online in the early 1980’s.
These are a few of the many things you’ll discover:
* the secrets of effective subject lines
* the cost of careless addressing
* tips for on-line writing.
Reservations are required by Friday, January 5th. If you make a reservation prior to the deadline but find you are unable to attend, you must cancel by Friday, January 5, otherwise we are charged for your dinner and must collect the $25 cost.
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Pittsfield School Committee OKs Contracts, New Time-Out Regulations
By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The School Committee held a special meeting last week to settle contracts for the new, institutionally different school year.
During a virtual meeting, members approved a contract with the Pittsfield Federation of School Employees for fiscal years 2026 to 2028, and a memorandum of agreement with the United Educators of Pittsfield for the new bell schedule.
The Pittsfield Federation of School Employees represents bus drivers and monitors, cafeteria and custodial staff, paraprofessionals, and secretaries.
For Pittsfield Public Schools, staff returns on Aug. 26 and students' first day is Aug. 31; pre-kindergarten and kindergarten begin school on Sept. 2. The district will have one less elementary school, as the committee voted to retire Morningside Community School earlier this year and reassigned students to Allendale, Capeless, Egremont, and Williams elementary schools, and a different middle grade model.
PPS now has an upper elementary and junior high school, with Grades 5 and 6 attending Herberg Middle School and Grades 7 and 8 attending Reid Middle School. This concept is also new to the 2026-2027 school year and has altered bell times, staffing, and transportation.
An MOA with the Pittsfield Educational Administrators Association for school assignment changes after the contractual timeline was tabled. It will be taken up at the next meeting with an executive session.
The School Committee also updated the district's policies and procedures for physical restraint, time-out, and seclusion to align with revised state regulations. It was adopted on the first reading.
"We're not proposing any changes that haven't been suggested per the law," Superintendent Latifah Phillips reported.
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For the boys, Ward Bianchi helped lead the way with a win in the shot put and a second place in the javelin as the Mounties finished 16 points ahead of runner-up Pittsfield (pending the results of the pole vault, which were unavailable at 11 p.m. Friday night). click for more
