LEE â Outgoing Principal Kate Retzel says that leaving Lee Elementary School simply is a âchallenge in my career.â
Berkshire Hills Regional School District Superintendent Peter Dillon announced Tuesday that Retzel was tapped to succeed Timothy Lee at Muddy Brook Regional Elementary School in Great Barrington. Retzel will begin her new job July 1.
Retzel told The Eagle on Wednesday that Muddy Brook affords her the opportunity to work in a prekindergarten-through-fourth grade setting. Lee Elementary is a pre-K-through-sixth grade school.
âI sought out Muddy Brook for its proximity to my home so I can be fully present for teachers, students and families in the new position like I have been all along in Lee while using my skills in other ways,â Retzel wrote in an email.
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STOCKBRIDGE â As it begins to look toward a gradual reopening of in-person school and grapples with coronavirus pandemic complications, the Berkshire Hills Regional School District on Thursday quickly approved its fiscal 2022 budget.
At a virtual public hearing, the School Committee voted unanimously for net operating costs of $28.3 million, and a capital budget of $1.96 million.
Less state and other aid, the total net assessment to Great Barrington, West Stockbridge and Stockbridge, is $24.7 million, a 3.2 percent increase over this year.
Great Barrington pays 75 percent of those costs, since it sends the majority of students to district schools.
Because of a complex state formula, and the number of students from each town, Great Barrington will see a nearly 5 percent hike over fiscal 2021, an $18.4 million assessment; Stockbridgeâs increase will be over 7 percent, to $3.2 million; and West Stockbridge will see a 3 percent decrease, also at $3.2 million.
STOCKBRIDGE â Amid some gains, concerns of âlearning lossâ and a âskeletonâ crew due to COVID-19 fears, the Berkshire Hills Regional School Districtâs School Committee on Thursday presented its proposed new budget for 2021-2022.
Superintendent Peter Dillon said the districtâs priority for next year is full in-person learning, and that educators will have to address âpandemic impactsâ to students like âisolation, mental health, disconnection.â
âAnd I have to say this very carefully: issues connected to learning â learning loss,â he added.
For what Dillon said is a âleanâ budget, operating and capital expenses are up 3.2 percent over last year in a $24.7 million budget. Last yearâs increase was 4.7 percent.