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According to a presentation by Project Manager Jake Eberwein on the potential merger timeline at the Eight Town Regional School District Planning Board meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 4, the merger process would take at least two fiscal years; the earliest the newly merged school district could operate is July 2025.
The Eight Town Regional School District Planning Board briefly reviewed a draft regional agreement, which covers various aspects of what a potential merger of Berkshire Hills and Southern Berkshire Regional School Districts would look like, at its regular meeting one Wednesday, Sept. 28.
In response to declining student enrollment and increasing burdens for taxpayers, a proposal to share one high school in Great Barrington is worth a close look by town leaders and