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School panel takes aim at gun violence

Posted on Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Dusty Christensen, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Date: 2/12/2020
Link: Complete Article

School panel takes aim at gun violence

HATFIELD — In 1992, Anne Thalheimer was a teenager in her second year at Bard College at Simon’s Rock when her life changed. “I was writing a paper for his class … and then the phone rang, a voice telling us to turn out the lights, lock the door and get down on the floor,”… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: gun violence, legislators, Smith Academy

State Legislators and School District Superintendents Gather to Discuss School Funding

Posted on Saturday, February 16th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 2/15/2019

State Legislators and School District Superintendents Gather to Discuss School Funding

NORTHAMPTON – The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) hosted nine state legislators and aides, and twenty School Superintendents from Franklin and Hampshire counties on Friday morning, February 15th at their offices at 97 Hawley Street in Northampton. Challenges Facing Education in Our Region provided the group an opportunity to discuss concerns, ideas and solutions about… [Read More]

Filed Under: CES Stories, Local News Tagged With: #mapoli, Education Foundation budget, legislators, rural school funding, superintendents

Pols take their cue from students

Posted on Thursday, January 17th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Joshua Solomon, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 1/11/2019
Link: Complete Article

Pols take their cue from students

High school senior Augie Seuffert looked around the full circle in the school’s library, seeing mostly his peers and politicians. He offered his reflection. “I came in here thinking I was going to be talked to by a bunch of politicians on issues, and they actually asked me about the issues,” Augie said. Sitting next… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Greenfield High School, Greenfield Public Schools, legislators, politicians, students

Officials sound off to legislators on broadband, schools

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

Source: Richie Davis, The Recorder
Date: 3/28/2017
Link: Complete Article

Officials sound off to legislators on broadband, schools

CONWAY, MA — A 14-member state Senate delegation got a blast about rural issues from nearly a dozen officials from the four western counties Tuesday. The legislators were taking a listening tour and began their day in the Conway Town Hall. Speakers from regional planning agencies tried to explain some of the interrelated problems rural… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Adam Hinds, broadband, Chapter 70, legislators, MA Rural Schools Coalition, rural education

Fifteen Superintendents Express Charter Concerns with Area Legislators

Posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: William Diehl, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 11/23/2015

Fifteen Superintendents Express Charter Concerns with Area Legislators

Shelburne Falls, MA — Superintendents representing most of the 36 Franklin and Hampshire County public school districts gathered today to share with legislators their concerns about the impact of charter expansion on small and rural districts. Representative Stephen Kulik, (First Franklin District); and Senator Benjamin Downing, (Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, Hampden Districts) were presented an analysis… [Read More]

Filed Under: CES Stories, Local News Tagged With: charter schools, legislators, superintendents

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