Committee contracts firm to provide interim leadership for Greenfield schools
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GREENFIELD The School Committee has agreed to terms with The Management Solution Inc. for extended services, so it won’t only provide the district with its business manager, but also a lead administrator and two superintendent-licensed consultants until Superintendent Jordana Harper can return to her duties.
Dr. Judy Houle will be the Greenfield School Department’s lead administrator, managing the day-to-day operations at the superintendent level, while Nadine Ekstrom and Allen Himmelberger will serve as consultants.
School Committee Chair Amy Proietti said the agreement is on a month-to-month basis. It will end when Harper who hasn’t been “actively working” for about a month returns to duty. Until then, the new arrangement will cost about $10,000 a month.
Gill-Montague plans on staff increases for next school year
Turners Falls High School and Great Falls Middle School. Staff File Photo/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 2/7/2021 6:01:25 PM
MONTAGUE New school staff positions for pandemic-related needs are the major increases in a $24.1 million budget proposal that is set to be presented at the Gill-Montague Regional School District’s budget hearing next week.
After the budget hearing, which is scheduled for Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., the School Committee may continue to modify the budget before a final vote on March 9, at which time the committee will send the budget proposal to the district’s member towns.
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BOSTON (AP) – Gov. Charlie Baker says Massachusetts is ramping up its vaccination efforts and is hoping to administer up to a million vaccines a month by the spring. In the meantime, Baker urged residents on Wednesday to be patient. There are 125 sites up and running. By the middle of the month, the number should increase to about 165. Also, Tripadvisor has opened its currently unoccupied headquarters in Needham as a COVID-19 vaccination site. The number of newly confirmed coronavirus deaths in Massachusetts rose by 53 on Wednesday, pushing the state’s confirmed COVID-19 death toll to 14,415 since the pandemic’s start.
Gill-Montague delays hybrid classes for two weeks
Turners Falls High School and Great Falls Middle School. Staff File Photo/PAUL FRANZ
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MONTAGUE Hybrid classes in the Gill-Montague Regional School District have been delayed from the original target date of Feb. 4 until Feb. 22, due to unexpected issues with staffing and delays in paperwork related to the schools’ ventilation systems.
Gill-Montague has been in an entirely remote model since the pandemic began last March. Through the fall and winter, the district has aimed to move students to hybrid classes, but has been slowed by concerns about ventilation in the schools, preparation of staff for the new protocols and, as the winter wore on, a worsening public health situation.
Turners Falls teacher wins new industry award
Teacher Krista Matrishon in her first-grade classroom at Hillcrest Elementary School in Turners Falls. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 1/28/2021 5:04:06 PM
TURNERS FALLS Krista Matrishon, a first-grade teacher at Hillcrest Elementary School, has won a new teaching award from the education software company Curriculum Associates. Matrishon is one of 44 teachers in the United States selected for the program.
The Extraordinary Educators program recognizes teachers who achieve best-in-class use of teaching materials from Curriculum Associates. Teachers selected for the program will receive professional development opportunities from Curriculum Associates, and will have access to the network of other teachers in the program. This is the first year Curriculum Associates has offered the program.