Schools
McCann School Committee Approves $11.5M Fiscal 2024 Budget
The School Committee on Thursday approved the $11.5 million fiscal 2024 budget, of which about $4 million will be raised through assessments on its nine member communities.
Pittsfield School Officials Adopt Safe Gun Storage Resolution
The resolution warrants communications to parents, guardians, and students on the importance of secure firearm storage as soon as possible, distributed to each school at least once annually, and included in the district website and student registration materials.
Mount Greylock Officials to Liquidate Capital Gift to Fund Track & Field
Miller reiterated his enthusiastic support for completing the track and field project after so many years of discussion but also made a final case for not entirely spending down the capital gift.
Firm Chosen for Pittsfield Schools Restructuring Study
Curtis reviewed the study's components which range from gathering information, analyzing, and documenting to presentation.
Greylock/Brayton School Project Will Look at Grade Reconfiguration
The Brayton/Greylock school project is back in the feasibility phase along with expanded options for the School Building Committee to review.
Drury To Perform 'Matilda the Musical'
All performances will take place in the Drury High School auditorium, 1130 South Church Street in North Adams. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults. Tickets will be sold at the door.
Bard Queer Leadership Project at Simon's Rock
The BQLP is envisioned to expand to a complete college serving traditional age and transfer students over the next few years and would be the first intentionally queer-serving college in the world.
Drury High Getting Air Quality Sensors
The funding comes from a federal Improving Ventilation and Air Quality in Public School Buildings Grant of $315,615.
Pittsfield School Policy Panel Considers Student DoorDash Ban
Curtis explained that the food will sometimes not arrive when students anticipate and they will ask to leave class and go downstairs to eat, which is an issue on its own.
Mount Everett Teacher Gets Teaching Certification With Simon's rock
This certification is part of the ongoing partnership between Simon's Rock and the Southern Berkshire Regional School District to offer early college opportunities to public high school students in South County.
Governor Announces MassReconnect, Workforce Development Investments
The budget's funding includes several other investments in education and workforce development programs, such as Early College and Innovation Pathways, the Community College SUCCESS fund, the Healthcare Worker Training and AFL-CIO Workforce Development programs, Career Technical Institutes and Registered Apprenticeship Programs.
BArT Annual 'Get BArT Smart Fundraiser'
Get BArT Smart features a trivia experience, individuals and teams of up to 6 will travel from classroom to classroom throughout the evening for trivia and team projects served up by BArT educators.
BCC Welcomes Vice President of Institutional Advancement
Lydon has spent more than 20 years in higher education advancement roles.
Registration for Summer Courses at MCLA Now Available
Registration is open to MCLA students, interested community members, high school students, those pursuing a master's degree, and Berkshires-based college students who wish to earn credits toward their degree from another institution.
Annual Musical at Mount Greylock Regional School
Show tickets must be purchased in advance—$10 for adults and $5 for students
Berkshire Wind Power Cooperative to Award Scholarships to Mount Greylock Students
BWPCC will select two students from the class of 2023 to receive $1,000 scholarships.
Pittsfield Schools Look to Improve Attendance
The district has had improvement in absences this year versus last year's overall attendance rate, Deputy Superintendent Marisa Mendonsa said during last week's school committee meeting.
New Group Exhibition Opens at Gallery 51
An opening reception will be held on March 3 from 5-7 p.m.
Pittsfield School Committee Votes to Adopt Language & Literacy program
This is a supplemental computer-based English language program for multilingual students that is available in 12 languages for kindergarten through eighth grade.
McCann Moves Forward With Designer for New HVAC Building
The McCann School Committee has hired Bradley Architects of Pittsfield to draw up the plans for a 5,600 square foot building that will house the new heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration program.
Pittsfield School Committee Pilots New Special Ed Program
The School Committee last week adopted the Promoting the Emergence of Advanced Knowledge relational training system.
Town Officials Want More Input Into Central Berkshire School Budget
Elected town officials encouraged the Central Berkshire Regional School District to work on reducing its budget and being more open to collaboration with the towns that fund it.
MCLA to Hold Annual Sam Gomez Race
This year's race will benefit Tapestry of North Adams.
Williams Professor to Discuss Economics of Climate Change at MCLA
This event is free and open to the public as part of MCLA's Green Living Seminar series.
Boston Herald Journalist is 2023 MCLA Hardman Journalist in Residence
MCLA's Hardman Lecture Series presents in-depth discussions with some of the leading journalists of our time and is made possible through the generosity of the Hardman Family Endowment.
Pittsfield School Committee to Discuss Phone Policy
Pittsfield students can expect a discussion on cell phone usage at a future School Committee meeting.
Big Y Partners with Fisher College
Fisher College will offer discounted tuition rates for Big Y Foods, Inc. employees and their immediate family members and will work to identify courses and develop programs that fit within the needs of Big Y Foods, Inc
The Zonta Club of Berkshire County Offers Scholarship
Applications are due: March 15.
