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LENOX — The town’s public schools leaders are immersed in planning to join at least six other Berkshire County school districts and nearly 1,000 schools statewide in a state program of pool testing for COVID-19. More than 300,000 Massachusetts students and school staffers in at least 200 of the state’s 400 school districts are eligible for the program at their participating schools in the coming weeks. Voluntary testing at no cost to families would be conducted weekly at the Leno...

LENOX — By popular demand, Lenox Memorial Middle and High School will offer a brief basketball season until March 19, joining most other public schools in the county that have adopted coronavirus pandemic safety protocols. At a special meeting Thursday night, the School Committee voted unanimously to approve a plan by school leaders to use half of the middle and high school gymnasium for basketball. The gym has served as a classroom during hybrid instruction, but in-person attendance has b...

Lawsuit: 11-year-old girl sexually abused more than 50 times by fellow students Published  LOS ANGELES - The Walnut Valley Unified School District, located in the eastern portion of Los Angeles County, responded Friday to a negligence and racial discrimination lawsuit filed this week on behalf of a Black girl who was allegedly sexually abused more than 50 times at school by fellow students, did not directly address the claims but said the safety of everyone is the districts top concern. The n...

Lawsuit: 11-year-old girl sexually abused more than 50 times by fellow students Published  LOS ANGELES - The Walnut Valley Unified School District, located in the eastern portion of Los Angeles County, responded Friday to a negligence and racial discrimination lawsuit filed this week on behalf of a Black girl who was allegedly sexually abused more than 50 times at school by fellow students, did not directly address the claims but said the safety of everyone is the districts top concern. The n...