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AMHERST — With interim principals currently at two schools and extensive turnover in building leadership in recent years, a consultant is advising the Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools to better support those who are hired, and to find ways to address a...

AMHERST — With interim principals currently at two schools and extensive turnover in building leadership in recent years, a consultant is advising the Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools to better support those who are hired, and to find ways to address a...

AMHERST — Children entering sixth grade at Amherst’s public schools will have their classes at the Amherst Regional Middle School beginning in the fall of 2023.The Amherst School Committee Tuesday voted 4-0, with member Heather Lord absent, to adopt a...

AMHERST — Children entering sixth grade at Amherst’s public schools will have their classes at the Amherst Regional Middle School beginning in the fall of 2023.The Amherst School Committee Tuesday voted 4-0, with member Heather Lord absent, to adopt a...

Amherst-Pelham teachers panel brainstorming return to classrooms Amherst Regional High School Published: 3/1/2021 9:19:06 PM AMHERST — Some students returned to classes Monday at Crocker Farm Elementary School for the first time since October. And with Massachusetts officials, including Gov. Charlie Baker, pushing for in-person learning in schools across the state while suggesting remote and hybrid learning options may soon be disallowed, the Amherst Pelham Education Association released...

Published: 12/22/2020 4:47:19 PM AMHERST — Pulling out the picture book “Alma and How She Got Her Name” from a paper bag, first grader Juniper Westgate expressed delight at the gift. “I think it’s kind of cool,” Juniper said from the back seat of a vehicle parked in front of Crocker Farm School Monday afternoon, telling her father, Matthew Westgate, that she might begin reading “Alma,” or another book in the bag, “The All-Together Quilt,” as they ventured from the school to ...