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Lanesborough Raises Questions On School Regionalization VoteBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
02:33AM / Tuesday, August 01, 2017 | |
 LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The long-discussed vote on regionalization of the Lanesborough-Williamstown schools goes to the voters on Nov. 14. The Board of Selectmen set that date for a special town meeting to handle the question of whether or not Williamstown and Lanesborough should join together with Mount Greylock Regional as a single K-12 regional school district. School officials have been talking about taking such a step for years and it is eyed to save both towns money and improve efficiency. "Even though we have regionalization at the high school and the shared superintendency, we still have three separate school districts," Chris Dodig, a Lanesborough 0 Comments
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McCann School's District Towns Getting Some Funds BackBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
01:52AM / Monday, July 31, 2017 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Some towns in the Northern Berkshire Regional School District are going to see a little bit of relief in their assessments, and others will get turnbacks of transportation funds. Superintendent James Brosnan told the McCann School Committee on Thursday that now that the state budget has passed, he has firmer numbers that will be relayed to the towns. "Chapter 70 increased so I reduced the amount of money that we have in tuition so those two balance out because we cannot change the budget bottom line, it is how we get to it," he said. "So up in Chapter 70, down in tuition but up in the municipal minimum." The 0 Comments
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Herberg Students to Take Part in Junior National Young Leaders Conference| 03:41PM / Monday, July 24, 2017 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Three students from Herberg Middle School in Pittsfield were nominated and accepted to the 2017 Junior National Young Leaders Conference (JrNYLC), an Envision program that provides a historical view of leadership and encourages young scholars to develop their own leadership skills and strategies for success in the 21st century.
Molly Sherman, Ahliya Phillips, and Tobias Gaulden-Wheeler will join sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students from around the country in Washington, D.C. from July 30-Aug. 4.
"The Junior National Young Leaders Conference enables students to recognize their own leadership abilities in the context of great men and women from
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MCLA Hands Out Book Award Scholarships| 01:40PM / Monday, July 24, 2017 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts has announced the recipients of its Book Award scholarships, which recently were granted to students who will begin their senior years this fall at one of Berkshire County's public high schools. One student from each of the high schools received this award, which honors outstanding high school juniors who have made a positive difference in the community.
"The MCLA Book Award is presented to an outstanding high school junior who exemplifies academic achievement, displays leadership qualities, and has a strong commitment to the Berkshire County community," said Joshua Mendel, director of recruitment and outreach
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Lanesborough School Chair 'Re-Energized' By Task Force VoteBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
03:57AM / Monday, July 24, 2017 | |
 LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — School Committee Chairwoman Regina DiLego participated in 32 meetings of the Berkshire County Educational Task Force over the past two years. And it was exhausting. But as the group voted last Saturday to recommend a single school district for all of Berkshire County, she's become "re-energized." "I'm really excited about it all. I think we can do something for our kids," DiLego said. DiLego said she was somewhat surprised by the vote. She was expecting the group to come to the conclusion of recommending three separate districts. But, the more discussion the group had and the more issues arose with that, DiLego 3 Comments
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Berkshire Community College Hires New Reference Librarian| 01:39PM / Friday, July 21, 2017 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College has brought a new reference librarian on staff.
Andrea Robare has been hired as Jonathan Edwards Library's full-time reference librarian and will work closely with the college's coordinator of Library Services, Karen Carreras-Hubbard, to expand information literacy and other library services across the campus.
Robare, who lives in North Adams, previously worked for 10 years as the reference and instructional librarian at Southern Vermont College. She holds a master of science in information systems degree in library services from SUNY-Albany, a bachelor of arts degree in English from MCLA and an associate of arts degree in
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State Budget Includes $50K to Keep Preschool at Conte, MorningsideBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
03:45AM / Friday, July 21, 2017 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The School Department was close to closing all of its preschool classes at Morningside and Conte Community schools, two schools that need it the most. But, between the efforts of state legislators and the teachers union, there will at least be a couple classes left. The state budget includes $50,000 to help fund those programs. "This money will go to restore two paraprofessional positions, which in addition to two teaching positions restored by the [United Educators of Pittsfield] giving up half of their step increase (these are just two of several positions which that allowed to stay) means we go from having zero regular-education pre-k 1 Comment
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MCLA, BCC Agreement Bolsters Early Ed Degree ProgramsBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
06:55PM / Wednesday, July 19, 2017 | |
The cohort program at MCLA helped Heather Thompson balance work, raising a child, and continuing her education. She praised the agreement making it easier for others to follow her path to higher education. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Heather Thompson started going to college in 1998. And then found out she was expecting a child. She returned home to the Berkshires and six months after giving birth, enrolled at Berkshire Community College. She got a job at the Boys and Girls Club but knew if she wanted to further her career she needed to get a bachelor's degree. "Fourteen years went by and I knew I had to go back to school, I was a single mom essentially, I 2 Comments
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Berkshire County Education Task Force's Single-District Solution Surprises Its ChairBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
06:32PM / Tuesday, July 18, 2017 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The chairman of the Berkshire County Education Task Force says he was as surprised as anyone when the group voted to recommend a single school district for the county's 30 towns and two cities. But John Hockridge is convinced that the proposal makes sense for students and taxpayers alike. "Most of us thought that was not the direction we were headed in 32 meetings over the last couple of years," Hockridge, a member of the North Adams School Committee, said on Tuesday. "But we went through a process on Saturday that involved breaking into six groups for thorough discussions of the options. "From the breakout groups, the 8 Comments
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Berkshire County Arc Awards Scholarships to Five Local High School Seniors| 12:44PM / Friday, July 14, 2017 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire County Arc and the Berkshire County Arc Down Syndrome Family Group have awarded scholarships ranging upwards from $1,000 to the following five high school seniors who demonstrated outstanding prior involvement with individuals with disabilities and the potential to contribute to the field of human services.
The students are:
· Jessie Downer, Wahconah Regional High School (Recipient of the Carol Craighead Memorial Scholarship Award, which is funded by Berkshire County Arc and the Berkshire County Arc Down Syndrome Family Group)
· Anthony Melski, Pittsfield High School
· Aubrey Milligan, Wahconah Regional High School
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