Lily Ouillette, daughter of Shawn and Julie Ouillette of Pittsfield, has been named to the deanâs list at Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I., for the fall 2020 semester. Ouillette is majoring in music education. She is a 2020 graduate of Pittsfield High School.
Connor Blodgett of Great Barrington achieved deanâs list honors during the fall 2020 semester at Vermont Technical College where he is pursuing a bachelor of science degree in the computer engineering technology program. Deanâs list requires a minimum 3.5 grade point average for the semester.
Elizabeth Bona, a North Adams resident studying hospitality at Lasell University in Newton, recently earned a Problem-Solving Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification. Bona also shared a presentation on an original concept developed for a course on food and beverage management in hospitality called âTipsy Travelerâ at the Universityâs Fall Career Readiness Symposium in December 2020.
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The Brien Center has received a state grant to provide concurrent mental health and substance use disorder response at Monument Mountain Regional High School in Great Barrington.
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.