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By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — Vexed by the way the School Committee has handled this spring’s failed superintendent search, city residents this week officially began the formal process to recall Chairperson Cynthia Kwiecinski.Residents Cathy Wauczinski and Jean Pao...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The School Committee has scheduled meet-and-greet sessions for the community to meet the five interim superintendent candidates next week.The committee agreed last week to offer interviews to external candidates Roland R. Joyal Jr.,...

By Sam Drysdale

BOSTON — As the House and Senate prepare for budget negotiations to get underway in a few weeks, a coalition advocating for “debt-free” public higher education is making a final push for historic investments into the sector with the advent of newly...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — At Ryan Road Elementary School, students in Diana Ramsden’s first grade class work on reading and writing using a mixture of phonics lessons already included in the school’s reading curriculum and new lessons being piloted from one of...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The City Council and School Committee will jointly decide who will replace the two School Committee seats vacated by Shannon Dunham and Laurie Garcia, who resigned in the wake of the failed superintendent search.“The City Council and...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The School Committee has announced that four external candidates have expressed an interest in becoming the interim leader of the city’s public schools next school year.In working with the Massachusetts Association of School Committees...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

HOLYOKE — For Christina Royal, the power to help students realize their full potential is just like magic. In front of a group of former graduates, state dignitaries and city officials gathered at Holyoke Community College last week to bid Royal...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — With the search for a permanent superintendent currently on hold, the School Committee has instead set its sights on finding an interim leader for the next school year and is beginning the process of replacing two members who resigned in...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — When children first start attending school, surveys across the country show that students are highly engaged. Those numbers drop off by the time students reach middle school and dip even lower in high school, according to state...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — A second School Committee member has resigned on the heels of a tempestuous superintendent search.On Saturday morning, Laurie Garcia submitted her resignation to her colleagues via email. The resignation comes two weeks after former...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — A former three-term School Committee member has filed a complaint with the state accusing the School Committee of violating the Open Meeting Law when it rescinded its offer to hire Vito Perrone as superintendent in late March.Debora...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — After working with several administrations, completing the Deerfield Elementary School roof project and navigating a global pandemic, a longtime School Committee member is stepping away from the role.With his term ending on Monday, Ken...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — Mayor Nicole LaChapelle is proposing a “very prudent” $52.2 million budget for next fiscal year that calls for the addition of staff positions and an increase in expenses in every city department.The budget proposal for fiscal 2024...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — After a tumultuous month in which the search for a new school superintendent made national news, the School Committee on Tuesday agreed to put the search on hold and seek an interim leader for next school year.In a 5-1 vote, the...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — In a week where students across Massachusetts will sit for state-required standardized tests, a newly formed coalition of education organizations will step into the arena and throw its support behind the controversial exams against a backdrop...

By STEVE PFARRER

NORTHAMPTON — For the second year in a row, the Northampton Arts Council has joined forces with a local education company to produce the Power of Truths Arts & Education Festival, a two-day event designed to use the arts as a means to promote social...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — Shannon Dunham announced more than a week ago that she was resigning from her role on the School Committee to give herself time to recover from a medical procedure. While her statement via social media certainly was true, Dunham has...

By EMILY THURLOW

WESTFIELD — While many students and staff from school districts throughout the region spent their spring vacation sleeping in, catching up with hobbies or simply treating themselves to some relaxation, a group of teachers and administrators from...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — Superintendent finalist Erica Faginski-Stark has withdrawn her candidacy after city students voiced concerns about the Ludlow educator to Mayor Nicole LaChapelle.The mayor, a member of the School Committee, told the Gazette that students...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — Just as the School Committee was getting ready to select Erica Faginski-Stark as its new superintendent on the evening of April 10, a member of the high school’s Gender and Sexuality Alliance Club reached out to the mayor’s office with...