Pittsfield's L'Hote, Lee's Nason Honored at Miss Hall's School

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Miss Hall’s School has announced that four of its student-athletes have been named league all-star recognitions for the second consecutive year, recognizing their performances during the fall athletics season.
 
Seniors Simone Brown, of Pelham, N.Y., and Mikala L'Hote, of Pittsfield, were again named all-stars for the Western New England Prep School Volleyball Association (WNEPSVA), while seniors Diamond Best, of Danvers, and Sally Nason, of Lee, were again named all-stars for the Women’s Western New England Prep School Soccer Association (WWNEPSSA).
 
Brown and L’Hote served as captains for the MHS varsity volleyball team, which made the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) playoffs for the sixth time in eight seasons. Brown, a four-year varsity starter playing setter/outside hitter, recorded 141 kills, 80 assists, and 54 aces, while L’Hote, also a four-year starter playing setter/outside hitter, tallied 141 assists, 97 kills, and 82 aces. Simone and Mikala also bBoth played in the league all-star game held on Nov. 6 at the Husky Volleyball Den, in Windsor, Conn.
 
Best and Nason, both four-year varsity soccer starters for the Hurricanes, were among the captains and key veterans for the squad. Best, a three-sport varsity athlete at MHS, tallied 11 goals and four assists while playing midfield and forward for the Hurricanes. Nason, a two-sport varsity athlete making her third straight soccer all-star team, recorded 16 goals and 8 assists while playing midfield. Both also played in the league all-star game held on Nov. 13 at The Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Conn.
 
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Pittsfield City Council Weighs in on 'Crisis' in Public Schools

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff

A half-dozen people addressed the City Council from the floor of Monday's meeting, including Valerie Anderson, right.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — After expressing anger and outrage and making numerous calls for accountability and transparency, the 11 members of the City Council on Monday voted to support the School Committee in seeking an independent investigation into allegations of misconduct by staff members at Pittsfield High School that have come to light in recent weeks.
 
At the close of a month that has seen three PHS administrators put on administrative leave, including one who was arrested on drug trafficking charges, the revelation that the district is facing a civil lawsuit over inappropriate conduct by a former teacher and that a staff member who left earlier in the year is also under investigation at his current workplace, the majority of the council felt compelled to speak up about the situation.
 
"While the City Council does not have jurisdiction over the schools … we have a duty to raise our voices and amplify your concerns and ensure this crisis is met with the urgency it demands," Ward 5 Councilor Patrick Kavey said.
 
About two dozen community members attended the special meeting of the council, which had a single agenda item.
 
Four of the councilors precipitated the meeting with a motion that the council join the School Committee in its search for an investigation and that the council, "be included in the delivery of any disclosures, interim reports or findings submitted to the city."
 
Last week, the School Committee decided to launch that investigation. On Monday, City Council President Peter White said the School Committee has a meeting scheduled for Dec. 30 to authorize its chair to enter negotiations with the Springfield law firm of Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas to conduct that probe.
 
Ward 7 Councilor Rhonda Serre, the principal author of the motion of support, was one of several members who noted that the investigation process will take time, and she, like Kavey, acknowledged that the council has no power over the public schools beyond its approval of the annual district budget.
 
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