Times have changed, but the formula remains stuck in 1949. The wealth disparities between neighboring towns simply did not exist at anything like their current scale. The founders of the regional school system could not have foreseen the inequity their formula has imposed on most towns today.
The newly incorporated Pittsfield Education Foundation is committed to improving the achievement and success of the students and teachers in the Pittsfield Public Schools by enhancing educational opportunities and building broad-based community support for quality public education.
The Leahey family has been farming in Lee since 1889 and it seems something of a miracle that this farm has not only survived but is reinventing itself.
