Schools

Day care center finds new home

Friday, May 24, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — A former “doggie day care” is getting upgraded to provide a learning environment for a whole new species. Sunnyside Child Care center is breaking ground next week for its new, permanent location at 557 Easthampton Road, the home of the former Dances With Dogs pet care center. Campus expansion plans at Smith College, Sunnyside’s current location, required the demolition of the school building at the end of Paradise … 0

Local lawmakers seek to lessen choice’s impact on sending schools

Friday, May 24, 2013

School choice and charter school options affect western Massachusetts communities differently than they do in the eastern part of the state, and local legislators are filing bills that aim to correct the imbalance. This year, John Scibak, D-South Hadley, and Stephen Kulik, D-Worthington, filed three bills seeking to make alterations to educational option … 0

Bridge Street School 4th-grader Elizabeth Watts draws, Wednesday, alongside classmate Finn Puckett, 8, at the school. The Watts family, who are from Holyoke, have chosen to attend Bridge Street School in Northampton.

SARAH CROSBY

Options help families find schools that meet student needs

Friday, May 24, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — When Mark Watts’ oldest daughter reached school age five years ago, he and wife Deborah Miller wanted to enroll Pippa in public school. Some of the other families in their Holyoke Highlands neighborhood were sending their children to private schools, but the Watts-Miller family didn’t like that option. Still, with Holyoke … 0