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EASTHAMPTON — The School Committee adopted a mask-optional policy at a nearly three-hour virtual meeting Tuesday night with more than 100 people tuning in. The updated policy replaces Easthampton Public Schools’ existing policy requiring all students...
AMHERST — Members of the National Guard could be coming to public school campuses in Amherst to assist a private contractor in handling pooled testing for COVID-19, but school officials are expressing concerns that uniformed service members in the...
Easthampton’s return to schools starts this month Joe Lukowski and his son Kyle pick up books for remote classes at Easthampton High School. The school district is hoping older students can return to hiybrid learning in early March. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Susan Mason teaches a class on child development remotely in a classroom at Easthampton High School that is set up for students to return. The school district is aiming for the first week of March. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Published: 2/11/2021 7:34:33 PM EASTHAMPTON — After nearly a year of entirely remote learning for most students ...
Social isolation taking toll on students in Easthampton Pepin School in Easthampton. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Students outside Easthampton High School GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Published: 1/17/2021 9:28:51 PM EASTHAMPTON — As Easthampton Public Schools near the one-year mark of almost entirely remote learning, more students at the high school — many of whom fall into more vulnerable groups — are failing classes and citing social isolation as a major struggle in their education. At a Tuesday night School Committee meeting, administrators from the city’s public schools gave progress reports on metri...
Dan Rist: Off the patriarchy, and why I prioritized voting for a woman In a screenshot from the livestream of the Democratic National Convention, Dr. Jill Biden speaks from a classroom during the virtual convention on Aug. 18. A Wall Street Journal op-ed received significant backlash for suggesting she should drop her title once she takes on the job of First Lady. Getty Images/TNS Published: 12/20/2020 7:19:05 AM As a city councilor in Easthampton, I have often found myself defending my votes, but I am surprised that I must defend preferring a woman candidate last month when I had the rare o...