A day after the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education agreed to enter into a provisional agreement with the city to end nearly a decade of school receivership by July 1, 2025, Mayor Joshua Garcia, right, and School Committee members celebrated in Holyoke on Wednesday. Garcia commended School Committee members, some of whom were waving pompoms at the celebration, for continuing to meet during receivership even though the committee did not have control over the school system. Staff photo/SAMUEL GELINAS

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education acting commissioner Russell Johnston, at the podium, speaks at Morgan Elementary School in Holyoke on Wednesday, a day after the state agreed to enter into a provisional agreement for the state to end nearly a decade of receivership. He saluted Holyoke’s leaders and educational staff for strengthening the city’s educational experience. Morgan had been the first school to be labeled “chronically underperforming” in the city before the entire school district was placed under receivership. Standing behind him are Mayor Joshua Garcia, right, and Receiver/Superintendent of Holyoke Public Schools Anthony Soto. SOURCE/SAMUEL GELINAS