PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Several hundred thousand dollars in federal grant allocations are being withheld from the Pittsfield Public School District. 

On Wednesday, interim Superintendent Latifah Phillips told the School Committee that the district will know if they are receiving the funds in August or September. For now, school officials are "in a holding pattern" and hoping the Title grants come through. 

"When you all adopted the district budget, we had an expectation of what the federal allocations would be, and we have recently been notified that there are federal grant allocations being withheld," Phillips said. 

Current federal grant

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Taconic High School track is officially open for the community and Pittsfield High and Taconic athletes.

On Thursday morning, track coaches from both high schools got to cut ribbons with their respective school colors to symbolize the opening of the new track.

"This is amazing. It's beautiful. It finishes our campus. We were so fortunate that Pittsfield is invested not only in Taconic, but in this whole site. So, this was one of the last things we were looking at to upgrade," said Taconic Principal Matthew Bishop, who's been

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The School Committee has voted that Herberg will house Grades 5-6 and Reid will be home to Grades 7-8 when the middle schools restructure. 

"It's an exciting opportunity, actually," Committee member Sara Hathaway said. 

Last month, they made a historic vote 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

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The School Committee will decide a policy to keep flag displays consistent with the district's sentiments. 

On the agenda for Wednesday's meeting is a first reading of a "Flag Protocols on School Property" policy similar to an ordinance adopted by the City Council the prior week. 

It allows Pittsfield's flag, the United States flag, flags of other nations recognized by the U.S. government, and flags commemorating significant events or causes consistent with the school district's official sentiments. 

Last week, the Policy Subcommittee forwarded it to the School Committee with an amendment to have flag decisions made

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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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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. 

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