Community members petition state for audit of Mohawk Trail Regional School hiring process > >Mohawk Trail Regional School Vice Principal Diane Zamer, pictured in July 2019 not long after she was hired. A group of parents and community members of the Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont regional school districts have requested an audit from Massachusetts Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley concerning Zamer’s hiring. File Photo
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BUCKLAND A group of parents and community members of the Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont regional school districts have requested an audit from Massachusetts Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley concerning the hiring of a vice principal who lacked the appropriate certification or licensure at the time.
Chicopee survey shows students prefer in-person learning as high schools return to full-time classes
Updated May 19, 2021;
CHICOPEE Local high school students reported being less than satisfied with remote learning in a survey conducted shortly before state officials ordered all secondary schools to return to full-time, in-person classes.
The Student Advisory Council, made up of students from a variety of grade levels at Comprehensive and Chicopee High Schools, conducted two surveys of their classmates during the COVID-19 pandemic. The overall results show students on average rated learning remotely at about 5.7 on a scale of 1 to 10, said Timothy Wagner, a Comprehensive High senior and president of the council.
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Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday announced that Massachusetts will spend $70 million on summer learning programs to help students who have been impacted by a year of remote and hybrid learning.
Determined to bring more students back into classrooms before the end of the school year, the state has set a May 17 deadline for high schools.
All district high schools will be required to offer in-person learning for high school students five days a week by that deadline, Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley announced Tuesday.
According to the state, two-thirds of all high schools were already planning to have school buildings open to students five days a week by May 17. Others that need more time can apply for a waiver from the state.
Districts are required to offer fully in-person instruction for middle school students starting Wednesday, and the elementary school requirement began April 5. With these earlier deadlines, the state had granted at least 60 districts more time to fully reopen buildings, including Boston and Worcester.