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CES After School program receives grant for Dexter Park Elementary in Orange

Posted on Thursday, July 8th, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: July 8, 2021

CES After School program receives grant for Dexter Park Elementary in Orange

The Collaborative for Educational Services After School program has been awarded a five year grant of $200,000 per year to develop and run a new 21st Century Community Learning Center After School program for Dexter Park Elementary School within the Orange Public Schools. A highly competitive process, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education… [Read More]

Filed Under: CES Stories Tagged With: CES After School Programs, Dexter Park Elementary School, Orange Public Schools

Area officials respond to governor’s order students won’t return to regular classrooms

Posted on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Byrne, DeLuca, Poli, Marcus, Vine, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 4/22/2020
Link: Complete Article

Area officials respond to governor’s order students won’t return to regular classrooms

To the surprise of few educators, public and private school students will not be returning to their regular classrooms this year. Gov. Charlie Baker announced Tuesday at his daily press conference that schools are ordered to remain closed as the state continues to manage the spread of COVID-19. He said the measure does not apply… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Athol-Royalston Regional School District, Franklin County Technical School, Frontier Regional Schools, Gill-Montague Schools, Greenfield Public Schools, Hawlemont School, Mohawk Trail Regional School District, Orange Public Schools, Pioneer Valley Regional School District

Orange pushing ahead for more state school aid

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

Source: Dvid McLellan, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 3/15/2019
Link: Complete Article

Orange pushing ahead for more state school aid

ORANGE — With talks of a potential property tax override, underfunded special education and high school costs, Orange is making a plea to the state for more money. The Orange Selectboard, Finance Committee and Elementary School Committee have now all endorsed an effort, headed by Finance Committee member Kathy Reinig, to pressure the state to give… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Orange Public Schools, Ralph C. Mahar Regional School, rural schools, school funding, state aid

Orange: state shortchanges its SPED funding by $3.5 million

Posted on Thursday, February 28th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: David McLellan, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 2/27/2019
Link: Complete Article

Orange: state shortchanges its SPED funding by $3.5 million

ORANGE — It’s not just rural schools feeling left behind by the 25-year-old formula for state aid, it’s schools with a high number of special education students too. Unfortunately, Orange’s elementary schools are both, and the special education issue is costing Orange taxpayers about $3.5 million a year, town officials calculate. The town Finance Committee… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News, State/National News Tagged With: Chapter 70 Formula, Chapter 70 Funding, Orange Public Schools, Special Education

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