Panel on sixth-grade move to Pioneer sets goals, schedule
Pioneer Valley Regional School in Northfield. STAFF FILE PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
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NORTHFIELD At its first meeting Thursday, the committee responsible for planning the move of sixth-graders from the district’s two elementary schools to Pioneer Valley Regional School set a course for future meetings and discussed goals, including ways to communicate progress to district families.
The Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee voted in December 2020 to move the sixth grade this coming fall a timeline that has since been delayed to fall 2022 after a presentation by a sixth-grade reconfiguration group created to study the potential benefits and drawbacks.
NORTHFIELD The Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee unanimously voted Thursday to allow students to go without masks during outdoor activities on school grounds during the final week of school.Students will still be required to.
Genovese takes Selectboard seat in Warwick election, moderator position remains vacant
Modified: 5/18/2021 4:06:59 PM
WARWICK Just 42 ballots were cast in the annual town election on Monday, which saw Alan Genovese take the open three-year Selectboard seat on a write-in campaign. About 6.75 percent of the town’s 622 registered voters cast their ballots, with Town Clerk John Paganetti saying 36 residents filled out their ballots in person at Town Hall on Monday, while six voted early or by mail.
The moderator position was the only one that was not filled. According to Treasurer Beth Gilgun, there were multiple write-in candidates, all of whom did not accept the position. A moderator can be appointed by the Selectboard.
Genovese takes Selectboard seat in Warwick election, moderator position remains vacant
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WARWICK Just 42 ballots were cast in the annual town election on Monday, which saw Alan Genovese take the open three-year Selectboard seat on a write-in campaign. About 6.75 percent of the town’s 622 registered voters cast their ballots, with Town Clerk John Paganetti saying 36 residents filled out their ballots in person at Town Hall on Monday, while six voted early or by mail.
The moderator position was the only one that was not filled. According to Treasurer Beth Gilgun, there were multiple write-in candidates, all of whom did not accept the position. A moderator can be appointed by the Selectboard.
School Committee approves new outdoor classroom pavilion at Pioneer
A design for the outdoor classroom pavilion to be constructed at Pioneer Valley Regional School in Northfield, which will be approximately 32 by 24 feet in size. Screenshot
A not-to-scale image depicting where an approved outdoor classroom pavilion will be constructed on the Pioneer Valley Regional School grounds in Northfield. Screenshot
Published: 5/7/2021 3:19:12 PM
NORTHFIELD The Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee approved plans for an outdoor classroom during a special meeting this week, with a goal of completing most of the construction by the end of June.
Pioneer Valley Regional School District Curriculum Coordinator Ariel LaRue said she had applied for and received a $100,000 Career and Technical Education Community Partnership Planning Grant, which will be used to build the outdoor classroom pavilion. The intention of this grant, she said, is to bring career and technical prog