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By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The city’s schools are poised to layoff 17 full-time teachers next school year, the most significant of expected cuts should the City Council approve Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra’s proposed fiscal 2025 budget next month.On the eve of the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Two finalists for the position of principal of Northampton High School have been announced, with the community getting an opportunity to meet both of them later this month.Jonathan Bruno, currently a mult-tiered systems of support...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — All public school employees would forego raises next year, in addition to the elimination of more positions on top of those already announced in December, under a plan revealed in recent days by Superintendent Portia Bonner as the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Ahead of what is shaping up to be a contentious budget year, school leaders are taking a step back to develop a longer-term vision for the city’s schools.Superintendent Portia Bonner has formed a new strategic planning team to craft a...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The first day of school for Northampton Public School students begins Thursday, but for new Superintendent Portia Bonner, it feels more like homecoming.Though most of her broad and deep educational career over the past three decades has...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton Education Foundation has awarded more than $85,000 in grants across the school district ahead of the 2023-2024 school year, from topics ranging from outdoor activities to anti-racist approaches to education.Eight projects...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra has unveiled a Capital Improvement Plan for the next five fiscal years, previewing some of next year’s upcoming projects like improving public school infrastructure, hybrid police cruisers and a type of outdoor...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The attorney general’s office recently found that the School Committee violated the state’s Open Meeting Law by failing to fulfill a request for meeting minutes dating back to January 2020.The finding stems from a complaint filed by...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Two of four finalists to be the next superintendent of Northampton Public Schools described how they approach school bullying, how they craft school budgets and how they ensure equity at schools in interviews before the School Committee...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton Public Schools are looking to increase classroom sizes, move around staff and make cuts to special education in order to make up for a $1.2 million deficit in its proposed school budget for next fiscal year.The school’s...

By JACK SUNTRUP

NORTHAMPTON — More than two months after the cancellation of High-Five Friday rattled Northampton, the school district announced Monday a permanent police liaison to its elementary schools.The four district elementary schools have lacked a steady law...