WILLIAMSTOWN â The Mount Greylock Regional School District is investigating a racist incident that occurred Thursday during a high school class on Zoom.
Parents were notified of the incident through an email that Superintendent Jason âJakeâ McCandless sent Thursday afternoon.
âWe want our entire community to know that we believe every child and family belong here, are valued here, and that we will not accept language, actions, or inactions that suggest otherwise,â he wrote. âBeginning with me, the superintendent, we all must be better and do more to protect our children, dismantle structural racism, and promote peace. We believe the entire community will benefit from clear communication around the events and follow-up of todayâs events.â
Williamstown â Mount Greylock will not seek bids on a synthetic turf field, at least not for the next two or three years.
But, the School Committee will seek proposals on a refurbished softball field and hard-surface walking paths to the athletic fields, both required by the federal government under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title IX, with work to be completed by 2022.
The 6-1 vote came last week, after the committee was informed by consultant Dan Colli, from the architectural firm Perkins Eastman, that a full turf field with lighting would cost about $2.8 million.
The proposed project would be funded through a gift of $5 million from Williams College for capital projects. About $3.6 million remains in the account. The committee wants to keep at least $1 million in that account for unexpected needs.
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BERKSHIRE TOWNS IN RED ZONE: The following Berkshire communities are now listed as red in the state s COVID-19 chart, the category signaling a concerning presence of the virus, as adjusted for community size. After community name, the figures reflect the number of new cases in the last 14 days out of a stated number of tests:
Adams (29 cases of 739 tests); Cheshire 34 of 340; Great Barrington (30 of 1,325); Lee (74 of 745).
The following communities were ranked yellow, one category below red: Lanesborough (18 cases of 317 tests); Lenox (21 of 901); North Adams (62 or 1,344); Pittsfield (290 of 6,238); Williamstown (26 of 1,413).
Note: Pittsfield s own website listed the city in the red category on Friday. City officials have immediate access to case data.
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