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NORTH ADAMS â North Adams Public Schools have now opened prekindergarten applications and kindergarten registration for the 2021 school year.
Kids who are ages 3 and 4 by Aug. 31 are eligible to apply for prekindergarten. Children must be 5 by that date to register for kindergarten.
Families must provide a birth certificate, current physical exam and immunization records, and proof of residency, with a valid photo ID, copy of a utility bill and proof of owning or renting a property.
Current North Adams pre-K students do not need to register for their second year in the fall.
Contact Bobbi Tassone at the district s office with questions at 413-776-1666 or btassone@napsk.12org.
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School officials are hoping to work out a solution with the attached public library for space and have budgeted $51,144 for a prekindergarten teacher and teaching assistant. The balance of the $101,000 would cover other essentials such as insurance, supplies and other needs but not necessarily any renovations required. In total, the $2.7 million school budget reviewed by the Finance Committee on Monday morning is up $202,000 from this year s $2,507,086. The anticipated annual 2.5 increase is $62,677 and the preK program $101,000, leaving about a $39,000 gap. Assistant Superintendent of Operations & Finance Jennifer Macksey said the budget is largely driven by fixed costs, contractual and minimum wage increases and plans for the preK program.
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted 8-3 on Friday afternoon to accord DESE Commissioner Jeffrey Riley authority to change requirements for learning time that would not include remote learning. Families would still have the ability to remain remote for the rest of this school year and some schools may be able to get waivers, but the state would have the ability to hold back Chapter 70 education funds for schools out of compliance. The vote followed hours of testimony from medical professionals, educators and parents that veered from strongly encouraging the return to school as an important to students health, well-being and educational needs to cautions that many schools did not have the ability to provide adequate spacing or COVID-19 precautions and calls for school employees to be vaccinated prior to any return.