Kindergarteners at Muddy Brook Regional Elementary School in Great Barrington. The Berkshire Hills and Southern Berkshire regional school districts are making progress toward a variety of scenarios to merge districts. EAGLE FILE PHOTO
STOCKBRIDGE â Merger talks between the Berkshire Hills and Southern Berkshire regional school districts have come a long way, and still have a long way to go.
Yet, there is progress this month with a $125,000 grant from the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for consultants to drill down into financial and educational scenarios for consolidating the districts. Its goal is to complete this work by summer 2022.