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School Lunch Menus

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0500

Amherst-Pelham (Elementary)

MONDAY: Baked potato, taco beef, cucumber coins, whole wheat bread, fruit cocktail

TUESDAY: Soft shell chicken tacos, steamed brown rice, carrot sticks, fresh fruit

WEDNESDAY: Whole wheat classic cheese pizza, tossed side salad, fresh fruit/fruit cup

THURSDAY: Happy Thanksgiving

FRIDAY: No School

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New Hingham marks turkey day with spirit of giving

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0500

CHESTERFIELD - The gymnasium at New Hingham Regional Elementary School was filled with parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and little brothers and sisters for the 9th annual Thanksgiving Share on Thursday.

Amendment seeks relief for regional schools

Ben Storrow — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0500

AMHERST - An amendment designed to relieve some pressure on regional school districts struggling beneath the weight of cuts to state transportation aid passed the state Senate Tuesday night, although questions remained over how those districts would make up for this fiscal year's $18 million cut in transportation funding.

On eve of Smokeout, Easthampton classes offered wake-up call

cbaum — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0500

EASTHAMPTON - With all the anti-smoking campaigns undertaken over the years, you'd think the facts about how dangerous smoking is would have reached their intended targets: young people.

Officials see alienation in ARHS suspensions

Nick Grabbe — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:21:24 -0500

AMHERST - Students from African-American and Latino backgrounds have been suspended at higher percentages at Amherst Regional High School than their percentages in the school population, Principal Mark Jackson announced Tuesday.

Education Week marked in Amherst with celebrity visits

Nick Grabbe — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0500

AMHERST - Superintendent Alberto Rodriguez will visit all five elementary schools Tuesday, and on Thursday Select Board Chairwoman Stephanie O'Keeffe will be at Mark's Meadow Elementary School for the first time since she was a student there in 1980.

Northampton union agrees: No pay raises for school employees

cbaum — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0500

NORTHAMPTON - A 92-member union for clerks, custodians and cafeteria workers in the school department has accepted a zero pay increase in the one-year contracts ratified Thursday by the School Committee, among other cost-saving measures to the district.