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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 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 — 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member has filed a complaint with the state accusing the School Committee of violating the Open Meeting Law when it rescinded its offer to hire Vito Perrone as superintendent in late March.Debora...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 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 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EASTHAMPTON — Superintendent finalist Erica Faginski-Stark has withdrawn her candidacy after city students voiced concerns about the Ludlow educator to Mayor Nicole LaChapelle.The mayor, a member of the School Committee, told the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 ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The School Committee has taken its first steps toward addressing its backlog of minutes, following a ruling by the state attorney general’s office that the committee violated the state’s Open Meeting Law.The AG’s office and its Division...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — Shannon Dunham has resigned from the School Committee.Dunham announced her decision with a photo of her official resignation letter via a post on her School Committee Facebook page Saturday night.“I officially resigned from the...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The School Committee could approve a contract with a new superintendent Friday if negotiations with finalist Erica Faginski-Stark are fruitful.The committee expects to begin the remote meeting at 4 p.m. in open session, followed by a...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — Following a particularly contentious discussion before a virtual audience of nearly 1,000 people Monday night, the School Committee agreed not to reenter into negotiations with superintendent finalist Vito Perrone and instead selected...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — A week after the School Committee’s decision to rescind a job offer to superintendent finalist Vito Perrone because he used the salutation “Ladies” in an email, Chairperson Cynthia Kwiecinski spoke out for the first time on Thursday,...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The city has adjusted its Zoom subscription to accommodate the hundreds of people who are looking to attend the city’s School Committee meeting at which it will discuss its superintendent search. That meeting is now scheduled for Monday...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — A School Committee meeting Tuesday night to discuss the search for a new superintendent of schools went off the rails and was canceled after hundreds of people attempted to sign into the Zoom session and were cut off when the meeting hit...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — Noting that he had a unique skill set that the city’s schools need in a new leader, or what one member called that “special sauce,” the School Committee voted to hire Vito Perrone as the district’s new superintendent in the wee hours of...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — Superintendent finalist Vito Perrone said Friday that the School Committee rescinded its offer to hire him in executive session Thursday night, alleging that the reason was a perceived microaggression contained in an email he sent to the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — An educator with more than 30 years of experience, including four previous stints leading school districts, has been selected as the new superintendent for Northampton Public Schools. The School Committee voted 9-1 Monday to offer the...

By EMILY THURLOW

Editor’s note: The Easthampton School Committee this week is interviewing three finalists for superintendent. Erica Faginski-Stark was the second to be interviewed. EASTHAMPTON — As a self-described adaptive leader and “systems thinker,” Erica...

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 EMILY THURLOW

SOUTH HADLEY — After a particularly contentious contract negotiation cycle that began in the fall of 2021, the school district and the South Hadley Education Association have solidified their contract agreements.Members of the 270-member union of...

By EMILY THURLOW

SOUTH HADLEY — The chairperson of the School Committee was recognized this month by the Massachusetts Association of School Committees for her commitment to putting students first. Allison Schlachter, who has served on the School Committee for the...