Tag: Lee Public Schools

In addition to Quinn Burnell, who offered a student's perspective, guests for the first episode were the four South County superintendents

With end-of-year exams and graduations approaching, what are schools doing to keep the educational process going at such a crucial time of the year?

The Timber Framers Guild has acquired the Heartwood School for the Homebuilding Crafts to further its educational mission.

The Lenox Library will be closed for construction starting Tuesday, Sept. 24, and will open again Tuesday, Oct. 1.

All school committee members were willing to listen but many were skeptical about whether the process would ultimately lead to success.

At last Thursday’s school committee meeting, Rich Dohoney of Great Barrington proposed that Berkshire Hills issue a written request to its member towns, along with the Southern Berkshire Regional School District and its own member towns, to form a planning board "for the purpose of either forming, or consolidating into, a regional high school district to serve grades 9-12."

Museum staff in the curatorial, visitor services, accounting, education, development, digital media and marketing departments are eager to connect with students and work with them through their high school years.

Helen attended Westfield State College where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts in education, and worked as a first- and third-grade school teacher for the town of Lee public schools.

The recommendation came amid mounting frustration with the slow pace of progress in gaining public approval for taking some tangible action.

Michael’s most recent photographic honors include receiving honorable mention for "Mako Sica" at the juried exhibition "Art of the Hills" on display through Labor Day at the Berkshire Museum.

"I think the best way to ensure safety is around building relationships and making sure kids are known and connected to multiple adults.” --Peter Dillon, Berkshire Hille Regional School District superintendent

The driving force behind regional school reform is enrollments, which are dropping at an alarming pace. Berkshire County school districts saw enrollment losses of 22 percent between 2000 and 2015.

He worked for P.J. Schweitzer Paper Mill in Lee, Lenox Oil Company, co-owned D & D Weatherstripping and retired as owner of All Weather Window Company.

Monument Next Steps includes 22 members and will be modeled after the Regional Agreement Amendment Committee, which met several times over the course of the last year in a successful effort to change the district agreement's formula for taxing the district's member towns to pay for its operations and capital expenses.

At its regular meeting Thursday night, the Southern Berkshire Regional School Committee voted to form a subcommittee whose title would be "The Future of Education in Southern Berkshire County."

"It's time we start talking with our neighbors. I'm certainly willing to talk to anyone who wants to talk about moving forward with Berkshire Hills or even Farmington River and Richmond." -- Egremont Selectboard Chairman Bruce Turner