Letter: UMass Needs Rigorous Policy For Monitoring Off-Campus Students
UMass has done many things right in its attempts to reduce the threat of COVID-19...
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Opinion: A Tale Of Two Cities. Housing Inaccessibility In The Town Of Amherst
With housing comes a sense of safety and community, as a form of sanctuary from...
Opinion: Reflecting On My Senior Year Without Cross Country
As the days are dipping to seventy degree temperatures and my seasonal allergies are starting...
Breaking: School District and Union Reach Agreement
Source: Amherst Public Schools and Amherst Pelham Education Association
Public School Return Dates and Remote Learning in Flux Amid Impasse With Union
Editor’s note: Late Friday night (8/21) the Amherst Pelham Education Association and The Amherst School...
Letter: Statement by Amherst Pelham Education Association on Fall Teaching
Source: Amherst Pelham Education Association (“APEA”) August 10, 2020 We, members of the Representative Council...
Opinion: The Push to Reopen Schools Is Sheer Madness. Here Are Four Key Steps For Doing It Right
Editor’s Note: This column appeared previously in Alternet. In the indelible 1983 cold war movie The...
Amherst Schools Will Delay In-Person Instruction For Most Students Until November
Preschool Through Grades One to Return in September At a meeting of the Amherst, Pelham...
In-Person Preschool To Be Limited To Those With IEPs
Amherst Public Schools Student Services Administrator JoAnn Smith presented the fall plans for the District’s...
UMass Encourages Students To Stay Home. Number Of Students Residing On Campus To Be Greatly Reduced For Fall Term
Source: UMass News and Media The worsening conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic nationally have led...
POLICE, LANDLORDS SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT RETURN OF COLLEGE STUDENTS
Local landlords met with town and police officials on Wednesday (7/29) to address concerns about...
MASS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION PLEDGES TO NOT RETURN FOR FALL CLASSES UNTIL SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE SAFE
Teachers with the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) overwhelmingly expressed concern about the safety of in-person instruction this fall,...