Amherst-Pelham Regional School District

AMHERST REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Grads urged to ‘change the world’

Posted on Monday, June 10th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Dusty Crhistensen, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 6/8/2019

AMHERST — Bob Keiter vividly remembers taking his granddaughter, Malina Kern, to Rhode Island’s Block Island when she was little. He said that he used to take Malina out into the water and the two would watch as the waves came crashing in — some big and some small. “I’d say, ‘Over or under, and she’d… [Read More]

Jackson steps down as Amherst Regional High School principal

Posted on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Gazette Staff, The Gazette
Date: 10/18/2018
Link: Complete Article

AMHERST — After 15 years working in the district, Mark Jackson announced Thursday that he would retire as principal of Amherst Regional High School on Nov. 1. Because he will be using accrued vacation time, Thursday was his last day, according to an email announcement from Superintendent Michael Morris. “Although the timing may seem less… [Read More]

Amherst-Pelham school district devises new funding formula

Posted on Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Scott Merzbach, The Gazette
Date: 11/28/2017
Link: Complete Article

AMHERST — The four towns that make up the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District may be nearing a new agreement for calculating how they will pay their share of the costs for educating students at the middle and high schools beginning July 1, 2018. The latest assessment methodology, which was recommended by the Amherst Selectboard last… [Read More]

Amherst-Pelham school district names Morris superintendent

Posted on Sunday, October 15th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Dusty Christensen, The Greenfield Recorder
Date: 10/11/2017
Link: Complete Article

AMHERST — Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools now has a permanent superintendent, though he’s by no means new. In a unanimous vote, the Union 26 and Regional school committees Tuesday evening appointed Michael Morris, who has been serving as interim superintendent since last August. The Union 26 committee — consisting of Amherst and Pelham School Committee members… [Read More]

Search for Amherst-Pelham school chief postponed until fall

Posted on Thursday, March 23rd, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Scott Merzbach, Recorder
Date: 3/22/2017
Link: Complete Article

AMHERST — To get the best possible candidates and not rush a process that was already on a tight schedule, the Amherst-Pelham Regional and Union 26 school committees are postponing the search for a new superintendent to the fall. Committee members last week put the search on hold after learning from Human Resources Director Kathryn… [Read More]

The Amherst regional school consolidation question

Posted on Friday, July 17th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Maria Geryk, The Gazette
Date: 7/17/15
Link: Complete Article

Over the past several years, the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District has been operating with state funding that has been stagnant at best, and declining at worst. In addition, enrollments have been declining steadily over the past several years, a trend which is seen across the state and is expected to continue. While some of the… [Read More]

Amherst Regional High School prepares to expand interactive math curriculum that encourages flexibility, multiple solutions

Posted on Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: David Eisenstadter, Amherst Bulletin
Date: 3/18/15
Link: Complete Article

AMHERST, MA — A businesswoman offers two items in her air delivery service: calculators and chicken feed. The two products come in containers of different weight and size, with different costs and sale prices. Accounting for the limited capacity of her plane, how much of each is feasible to carry? Such was the problem facing… [Read More]