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Pioneer Valley Regional School District

Pioneer school board chooses interim superintendent

Posted on Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Max Marcus, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 6/5/2018
Link: Complete Article

Pioneer school board chooses interim superintendent

NORTHFIELD — Jonathan Scagel will be the interim superintendent of the Pioneer Valley Regional School District. He starts in July with a one-year contract that can be extended for another year. Scagel has been a teacher at Pioneer Valley Regional School for a year, and has 24 years of prior experience working in various teaching… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Interim superintendent, Pioneer Valley Regional School District, Superintendent

State Senate OKs rural school aid for county districts

Posted on Friday, May 25th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Diane Broncaccio, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 5/24/2018
Link: Complete Article

State Senate OKs rural school aid for county districts

After years of state, school and town officials beating the drum for rural school aid, rural districts, including Mohawk, Frontier, Pioneer Valley, and the 19 member-town Franklin County Technical School District, could see $100 per student in rural school aid from the state. Sen. Adam G. Hinds, D-Pittsfield, said Wednesday that the state Senate adopted… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Adam Hinds, Franklin County Technical School, Frontier Regional School District, Mohawk Trail Regional School District, Pioneer Valley Regional School District, rural school aid, Rural School Aid Bill, rural schools, state senate

Gill-Montague school officials ready to determine uses for $110k regionalization grant

Posted on Friday, January 19th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Christie Wisniewski, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 1/28/2018
Link: Complete Article

Gill-Montague school officials ready to determine uses for $110k regionalization grant

TURNERS FALLS — Gill-Montague Regional School District officials are excited to determine the most beneficial uses of a $110,000 grant for regionalization and shared services between school districts, according to Superintendent Michael Sullivan. The grant was announced last week and would allow Gill-Montague schools, Franklin County Technical School, and Pioneer Valley Regional School District to… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Franklin County Technical School, Gill-Montagure school district, Pioneer Valley Regional School District, Regionalization, regionalization grant

Combined school district management proposed

Posted on Friday, December 29th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Domenic Poli, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 12/29/2017
Link: Complete Article

Combined school district management proposed

ORANGE — The superintendent of schools for Ralph C. Mahar Regional School and Union 73 has proposed an agreement between the three school districts she oversees and the Pioneer Valley Regional School District to share administrative services as a way to save money. The four districts would share a superintendent and director of finance, under… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Orange Elementary School, Pioneer Valley Regional School District, Ralph C. Mahar, rural schools, Superintendent, Union 73

Gill-Montague, Franklin Tech, Pioneer in regionalization talks

Posted on Thursday, November 9th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Miranda Davis, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 11/8/2017
Link: Complete Article

Gill-Montague, Franklin Tech, Pioneer in regionalization talks

TURNERS FALLS — The Gill-Montague Regional School Committee gave tentative approval to a set of grant proposals that would allow the district — along with the Pioneer Valley Regional School District and the Franklin County Technical School — to study the possibility of shared services and regionalization. The grants, which are offered by the state’s… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Franklin County Technical School, Gill Montague School District, Pioneer Valley Regional School District, Regionalization, superintendents

Pioneer begins looking outside the box with supt. search

Posted on Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Shelby Ashline, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 10/20/2017
Link: Complete Article

Pioneer begins looking outside the box with supt. search

NORTHFIELD — In their first meeting to discuss replacing Superintendent Ruth Miller, Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s Superintendent Search Committee decided to scope out the possibility of sharing administrators with another school district. The search committee was formed as a result of Miller’s June announcement that she won’t be looking to negotiate a new contract… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Pioneer Valley Regional School District, rural schools, Rural Schools Franklin County, Superintendent

Northfield Elementary sees uptick in enrollment, adds teacher

Posted on Friday, September 8th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Shelby Ashline, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 9/7/2017
Link: Complete Article

Northfield Elementary sees uptick in enrollment, adds teacher

NORTHFIELD — When preparing this school year’s budget, Northfield Elementary School Principal Megan Desmarais was anticipating another year with declining enrollment, a steady trend for more than a decade. But as enrollment numbers took shape in August, Desmarais was surprised to see the slightest increase. The school currently has 188 students in pre-K through sixth… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: enrollment, Northfield Elementary School, Pioneer Valley Regional School District, rural schools

Pearl Rhodes principal resigns, Bernardston principal takes over

Posted on Friday, September 1st, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Shelby Ashline, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 8/31/2017
Link: Complete Article

Pearl Rhodes principal resigns, Bernardston principal takes over

LEYDEN — Bernardston Elementary School Principal Bob Clancy is taking on a new role this year, doubling as Pearl Rhodes Elementary School’s principal in neighboring Leyden. Clancy stepped in to replace former principal Deanna Leblanc, who announced last month she accepted another job and would not return for the 2017-2018 school year. Though efforts to… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Bernardston Elementary School, Leyden, MA, Pearl Rhodes Elementary School, Pioneer Valley Regional School District, rural schools

School transportation costs a burden to Mohawk Trail

Posted on Thursday, June 22nd, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Richie Davis, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 6/22/2017
Link: Complete Article

School transportation costs a burden to Mohawk Trail

Those yellow school buses, big and small, may look pretty much the same, but the 530 miles of roads they travel vary across the roughly 253 square miles served by the Mohawk Trail Regional School district — the largest, geographically, of any regional school district in Massachusetts. As their odometers click forward, logging the miles… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Franklin County Technical School, Frontier Regional School, Mahar Regional School, Mohawk Trail Regional School District, Pioneer Valley Regional School District, rural schools, State transportation reimbursements, transportation

Five Franklin county schools earn ‘Green Team’ awards

Posted on Monday, June 19th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Joshua Solomon, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 6/17/17
Link: Complete Article

Five Franklin county schools earn ‘Green Team’ awards

Five Franklin County schools were recognized by the state for their outstanding work in an environmental education program. Greenfield High School, Federal Street School, Math and Science Academy, Bernardston Elementary School and Hawlemont Regional School in Charlemont were all honored by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for their efforts on the state’s “Green Team.”… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Bernardston Elementary School, Federal Street School, Green Team, Greenfield High School, Greenfield Math & Science Academy, Greenfield Public Schools, Hawlemont School, Pioneer Valley Regional School District

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