Superintendent

New superintendent, elementary school principal for Hampshire Regional School District

Posted on Monday, August 27th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Luis Feldman, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 8/22/2018
Link: Complete Article

Like an orchestra conductor, Hampshire Regional School District’s new Superintendent Aaron Osborne has the task of getting all the different instruments of his ensemble to play together in concert. To do that, Osborne said he wants to get School Committee members and town officials from the six towns in the district in open communication so… [Read More]

Frontier Regional, Whately Elementary start school year with new leaders

Posted on Monday, August 27th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Fran Ryan, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 8/24/2018
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SOUTH DEERFIELD — New leadership in several positions throughout the Frontier Regional Union 38 School District marks the biggest change for the coming school year. Former Frontier Regional High School principal Darius Modestow will now serve as the district’s new interim school superintendent. Modestow brings 15 years of administrative experience and 10 years experience as… [Read More]

Interim supt. Modestow gets unanimous nod from school board

Posted on Tuesday, June 19th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Joshua Solomon, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 6/18/2018
Link: Complete Article

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Deciding to stay with its initial interim choice, Darius Modestow will now officially remain the interim superintendent of Frontier Regional and Union #38 School Districts for the next school year. Following a vote with no dissenters by the joint School Committee Monday evening, the Worthington native who has been the principal of… [Read More]

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

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]

Frontier School Committee decides interim superintendent

Posted on Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Christie Wisniewski, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 5/22/2018
Link: Complete Article

DEERFIELD — Frontier Regional School Principal Darius Modestow will serve as interim superintendent for the Frontier Regional and Union #38 School Districts while the districts conduct a search for a permanent superintendent to replace Lynn Carey, who is resigning. After a three-hour joint meeting between the districts at Frontier, the committees voted to proceed with… [Read More]

Hampshire Regional School District names new superintendent

Posted on Thursday, May 10th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: M.J. Tidwell, Hampshire Gazette
Date: 5/9/2018
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WESTHAMPTON — Aaron Osborne has been named the new superintendent for the Hampshire Regional School District, a week after the top choice for the position withdrew from consideration. Osborne, the business manager for Palmer Public Schools, signed an employment contract Tuesday afternoon, according to the search committee. Osborne was one of two finalists selected by… [Read More]

Easthampton chooses LeClair for superintendent

Posted on Thursday, April 5th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: M.J. Tidwell, Hampshire Gazette
Date: 4/4/2018
Link: Complete Article

EASTHAMPTON — The choice came down to taking a risk on passion or going with a proven track record ready to hit the ground running as the Easthampton School Committee voted on a new superintendent Wednesday night. After two full days of site visits, meet-and-greets and public interviews that wrapped up a process lasting several… [Read More]

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

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]

Amherst Regional superintendent to serve on statewide Racial Imbalance Advisory Council

Posted on Monday, December 18th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Dusty Christensen, The Gazette
Date: 12/18/2017
Link: Complete Article

AMHERST — Superintendent Michael Morris has been appointed for a three-year term to a statewide advisory council on racial imbalance in the commonwealth’s schools. The Racial Imbalance Advisory Council will advise the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the education commissioner “on matters pertinent to the integration of students in our public schools and… [Read More]

Follansbee announces retirement as Easthampton school superintendent

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

Source: Caitlin Ashworth, The Gazette
Date: 10/23/2017
Link: Complete Article

ASTHAMPTON — After 26 years working in Easthampton schools, Superintendent Nancy Follansbee will retire at the end of the school year, in June 2018. In response to Gazette inquiries, Follansbee sent a one-sentence reply saying she would announce her retirement on Tuesday. The School Committee is set to start discussing its search for a new… [Read More]