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By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — The School Committee is searching for a new member to serve until April 2025 after former member Lynda Pickbourn resigned at the beginning of March.In a letter to the board, Pickbourn said she needed to immediately resign for reasons...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — Mary Jane Rickson will head the district as interim superintendent while the School Committee searches for a permanent replacement for Superintendent Stephen Sullivan, who leaves for a new job in Greenfield at the end of the school year.The...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — Following a review of a complaint accusing the School Committee of violating Open Meeting Law when it rescinded its offer to hire Vito Perrone as superintendent in March, the Attorney General’s office ruled last week that although the...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton School Committee turned a new leaf on Tuesday as members were sworn into office for a new term, with those serving for the next two years looking to put behind them a tumultuous year in which two of its members quit...

BY EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The city’s schools superintendent, Allison LeClair, announced Wednesday her intention to retire at the end of the school year.LeClair, who has been in the education field for 35 years, said in a letter addressed to members of the School...

By BRIAN STEELE

NORTHAMPTON — The School Committee voted to approve a $35.1 million district budget on Thursday night that includes an extra $250,000 earmarked for pay negotiations, hours after a small army of educators took to the steps of City Hall to demand higher...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

AMHERST — Tensions ran high at an Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee meeting Tuesday as school officials and community members continued to discuss the superintendent’s recent decision to pass over a search committee’s recommendations for the...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

AMHERST — The first of two listening sessions on the composition of a school building committee for the Fort River site will occur next Tuesday.In May, Town Meeting appropriated $250,000 for a feasibility study that is to include an in-depth...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

AMHERST — In what is believed to be a first in the region, the Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee has unanimously approved a policy designed to protect undocumented students. The policy on the protection of undocumented students states that...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

EASTHAMPTON — To investigate alleged racism at Easthampton High School, the district is working with an external agency to determine facts and develop a three-year plan of action.The Collaborative for Educational Services in Northampton has started...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

EASTHAMPTON — The School Committee plans to discuss last Thursday’s Easthampton High School walkout, when hundreds of students marched in the streets against hate and voiced concerns about how school administrators handle racism. The walkout was...

By AMANDA DRANE

NORTHAMPTON — The city is seeking residents interested in filling a vacant seat on the Northampton School Committee.The seat opens up Friday following the resignation of Tom Baird, who represented Ward 6. He issued his letter of resignation last week,...