Pittsfield Council 'Moves On' from PHS Investigation ReportBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:33PM / Tuesday, July 15, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A city councilor is ready to move on from his unfulfilled records request on the Pittsfield High School investigation.
Last week, the City Council filed a communication that School Committee Chair William Cameron forwarded from state Supervisor of Records Manza Arthur. Arthur determined that the Pittsfield Public Schools met its burden to withhold public records, and Ward 1 Councilor Kenneth Warren's administrative appeal was closed.
"I think we need to move forward. I'm willing to move forward, so I hope people will support my motion to file this," Warren said to the five other councilors present.
The
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BCC Names Spring Dean's List Students| 10:36AM / Friday, July 11, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) is pleased to announce it has named 584 students to the spring 2025 dean's list. To be eligible for the dean's list, students must achieve a GPA of 3.750 to 4.000 to earn high honors, while students with a GPA of 3.250 to 3.749 earn an honors designation. All dean's list students must be matriculated in a certificate or degree program; complete a minimum of six traditionally graded credit hours, and achieve grades of C or higher in all classes during a semester of one academic year. Students are grouped first by award level, then listed by city and state. The following
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BCC Holds Pinning Ceremony for Graduates of Practical Nursing Program| 10:58AM / Monday, July 07, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) held a traditional pinning ceremony for graduates of its Practical Nursing Program on Thursday, June 26. The event honored 22 graduates, three of whom received special awards. Award winners are as follows: Sarah McCormick, Academic Excellence in Nursing: This award is presented to the student who has the highest GPA within the LPN program and is given in acknowledgment of academic excellence in Nursing. This award recognizes the hard work and determination demonstrated by this student in the pursuit of nursing knowledge. Jeidi Paredes, Clinical Excellence in Nursing: This award is >> Read More |
BCC Offers Para Educator Training this Fall | 07:51AM / Wednesday, July 02, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) will offer a six-week Para Educator Training course this fall, beginning September 8 and concluding October 17, 2025. Classes will be held at BCC's main campus, located at 1350 West Street, Pittsfield, Mondays through Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (final week Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.). Students will gain hands-on support from experienced mentors and receive career preparation and job placement support. Graduates will earn the industry-recognized ParaPro credential and be prepared to work as paraprofessionals in a public or private K-12 education setting Para >> Read More |
Clark Art Presents Outdoor Concert Series| 11:03AM / Sunday, June 29, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute presents a five-part outdoor concert series with thematic connections to its Ground/work 2025 exhibition. These free concerts take place every Wednesday in July at 6 pm on the Reflecting Pool Lawn, with the exception of July 23's concert, which takes place on the Fernández Terrace. The lineup includes: BALLA KOUYATÉ July 2, Reflecting Pool Lawn Balla Kouyaté's lineage goes back more than 800 years to Balla Faséké, the first of an unbroken line of djelis in the Kouyaté clan. The word "djeli" derives from the Mandinka language, meaning the oral historians, >> Read More |
New CBRSD Leadership Emphasizes Community By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
08:31AM / Sunday, June 29, 2025 | |
 DALTON, Mass. — The Central Berkshire Regional School District will soon have new leadership, but the community-centered mindset on which the district was founded will remain the same. In April, the School Committee hired the district's assistant superintendent, Michael Henault, for the superintendent position, and Wahconah Regional High School Principal Aaron Robb will take over his mantle as the assistant superintendent. Henault and Robb start July 1 and are excited about this next journey in their career. The district fashioned a community out of its staff, students, families, and the residents who support the schools, the duo >> Read More |
Pittsfield Superintendent Bids Farewell to District After 32 YearsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:23AM / Friday, June 27, 2025 | |
Superintendent Joseph Curtis at his last School Committee meeting on Wednesday. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Superintendent Joseph Curtis bid farewell to the School Committee on Wednesday, as he enters retirement on Monday.
He shared a heartfelt summary of the 32 years spent in the Pittsfield Public Schools, with roles ranging from teacher to leading the district.
But before Curtis said his goodbyes, he thanked the City Council for moving forward with the proposed rebuild of John C. Crosby Elementary School.
The night before, the council passed a $2 million borrowing for a feasibility study on the proposed rebuild of Silvio O. Conte Community School and
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Pittsfield School Committee OKs Middle Grade Restructuring By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:53AM / Thursday, June 26, 2025 | |
Vice Chair Daniel Elias said restructuring is 'never popular' but necessary in this case. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The School Committee has decided that now is the time to move forward with restructuring the city's middle schools.
They made a historic vote on Wednesday night to create an upper elementary school for Grades 5-6 and a junior high school for Grades 7-8 by the 2026-2027 academic year. A stipulation was added that if goals in the Middle School Restructuring Committee's timeline are not met by the December meeting, it will be delayed one year.
"I think for equity purposes, getting all of the kids in the city of the same grades
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Pittsfield School Committee to Vote on Middle School RestructuringBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:33PM / Tuesday, June 24, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The School Committee will take a historic vote on the structure of Pittsfield Public Schools on Wednesday.
On the agenda is a "vote on the middle school grade plan" restructuring, which would create an upper elementary school for grades 5-6 and a junior high school for Grades 7-8 by the 2026-2027 academic year. This would modify current school attendance zones away from assigning students to a middle school based on their home address.
"The reconfiguration aims to provide more targeted academic programming, age-appropriate social-emotional supports, and expanded elective options," the district wrote in a notice for a public
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BCC and PHS Awarded Early College Designation| 01:15PM / Tuesday, June 24, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) and Pittsfield High School (PHS) have been officially designated an Early College program by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education and Board of Elementary & Secondary Education, part of the statewide initiative to create high-quality early college partnerships. Early College programs empower high school students—particularly first-generation and underrepresented learners—to begin college-level coursework, earn academic credit, and accelerate toward degree completion at no cost to families. As a designated Early College partnership, eligible PHS students can enroll in BCC >> Read More |
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