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

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...

EASTHAMPTON — The School Committee will interview three superintendent candidates in March to succeed Allison LeClair, who will retire in June.The finalists are Jonathan Bruno, director of learning and teaching at Berkshire Hills Regional School...

EASTHAMPTON — A high school student is advocating that the city require all of its employees to undergo training on microaggressions after she and others in the district have had their “ethnic hair” touched by others without consent.The Easthampton...

EASTHAMPTON — The School Committee has begun its search to replace the schools Superintendent Allison LeClair, who will retire at the end of the current school year.The committee has advertised that it is looking for candidates for the position who...

EASTHAMPTON — After close to an hour of discussion on Wednesday, the City Council agreed to pay for the $18,000 grand opening celebration of the new Mountain View School from the city’s cannabis stabilization fund. The vote, however, was not...

EASTHAMPTON — The city’s schools superintendent, Allison LeClair, announced Wednesday her intention to retire at the end of the school year.LeClair, who has been in the education field for 35 years, said in a letter addressed to members of the School...

EASTHAMPTON — With approaches to safety and security constantly evolving, the school district is planning on applying some of the new advances in technology it applied to its new pre-K-8 school into the halls of Easthampton High courtesy of a recent...

EASTHAMPTON — Five years after first pitching the idea of a dual-language program in the city’s schools, School Committee member Laurie García is more determined than ever to see it happen, but the superintendent says there isn’t enough interest from...

EASTHAMPTON — As she gave a tour of the city’s sparkling new pre-K-8 school Tuesday morning, Jean Libby pointed to the built-in colored markings on the floor in one of the classrooms. The markings may look like simple decorative features, but they...