Over 50 Pioneer school district educators receive COVID-19 vaccine at pop-up clinic
New Salem resident Karen Ellis, an instructional assistant for second grade, receives her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from registered nurse Brianna Cooley at Pioneer Valley Regional School on Friday. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 3/12/2021 4:29:20 PM
NORTHFIELD More than 50 special education teachers and instructional assistants received their first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a pop-up clinic at Pioneer Valley Regional School on Friday.
Superintendent Jonathan Scagel said Friday was a professional development day, so no students were attending classes in person at the building while teachers and instructional assistants visited the clinic in Pioneer’s gymnasium. The clinic was organized through the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.
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Following Open Meeting Law complaint, Pioneer to hold Budget Subcommittee meeting again
Pioneer Valley Regional School. STAFF FILE PHOTO/SHELBY ASHLINE
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NORTHFIELD After meeting in executive session to discuss an Open Meeting Law complaint, members of the Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee determined there was an error posting last month’s Budget Subcommittee meeting, and the meeting will be re-held on Tuesday, March 9.
Warwick Finance Committee Chair Diana Noble filed the complaint that the Feb. 4 Budget Subcommittee meeting was “not posted or held in a manner that allowed the public to attend.”
“The topics and deliberations of these meetings is of keen importance to the financial well-being of our towns and residents,” Noble wrote in her complaint. “The intent of the Open Meeting Law is to allow the community to understand the topics at hand and governing decisions being made.”
State requests more info about proposed sixth-grade move to Pioneer
People protest in front of the Northfield Town Hall earlier this month against the plan to move sixth-graders to Pioneer Valley Regional School from the two remaining elementary schools in the district. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
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NORTHFIELD Just hours after Pioneer Valley Regional School District Superintendent Jonathan Scagel sent a letter to the School Committee to urge it to delay moving the sixth grade to Pioneer, the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) requested more information as it prepared to rule on the committee’s Dec. 10 vote supporting the move.
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