PRESCHOOL ACCESS, BUILDINGS, AND WELLNESS ARE KEY GOALS FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Increasing access to early childhood education, developing a plan to address the school buildings, and...
elementary schools
DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM AT FORT RIVER OFF TO A GOOD START
A new Spanish-English dual language program called Caminantes is off to a good start at...
FORT RIVER SITE SUITABLE FOR RANGE OF BUILDING OPTIONS
Allaying concerns expressed for many years, the results of a new study clearly demonstrates that...
GREEN LIGHT FOR CROCKER FARM EXPANSION STUDY
The Amherst School Committee on September 17 gave the green light for the Crocker Farm...
FORT RIVER SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE TO PRESENT FINAL REPORT
The Fort River School Building Committee will present its final report to the Amherst School...
MSBA APPROVES SIMULTANEOUS REPLACEMENT OF TWO HOLYOKE SCHOOLS. OUTCOME WAS SAID TO BE OUT OF THE QUESTION IN AMHERST
by Maria Kopicki and Toni Cunningham In an apparent deviation from common practice, the Massachusetts...
DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM ATTRACTS FEWER SPANISH SPEAKERS THAN HOPED
A new Spanish-English dual language program, called “Caminantes”, will welcome two classes of kindergarten students...
CROCKER FARM STUDY SHOULD NOT WAIT
by Maria Kopicki and Toni Cunningham Editor’s note: This commentary also appeared in The Amherst...
PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS & FIELDS WERE MAJOR TOPICS AT “CUPPA JOE” EVENT WITH TOWN MANAGER, SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT
Once each month, Town Manager Paul Bockelman hosts a “Cuppa’ Joe with Paul”, inviting along...
A TOWN MEETING ONE-YEAR POSTMORTEM
by Oliver Broudy I moved to Amherst seven years ago, having renounced big city living,...
RESIDENT CAPITAL REQUEST FUNDED TO STUDY POSSIBLE CROCKER FARM SCHOOL EXPANSION
This Spring, Toni Cunningham and Maria Kopicki, parents of Amherst elementary school children, submitted a...
AMHERST’S FIRST DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM SET TO BEGIN AT FORT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
by Lissa Pierce Bonifaz This fall at Fort River Elementary School a group of kindergarteners...