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By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The Gill-Montague Regional School District has a few positions that will see new leadership beginning in the fall.Turners Falls High School and Great Falls Middle School Principal Christopher Barnes is leaving the district after a...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The Selectboard approved spending $431,707 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money during Monday’s meeting, including $75,000 that will fund the after-school program at Sheffield Elementary School.The ARPA package contained other funding...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL – The Gill-Montague Regional School District (GMRSD) was notified in early August that Sheffield Elementary School would no longer receive funding for an after-school program through its partnership with the Collaborative for Educational Services...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

Following an overall decline in teacher retention in 2023, Franklin County and North Quabbin school districts saw a mix of increased and decreased retention rates in the 2023-2024 school year, according to data from the state Department of Elementary...

MONTAGUE — Lori-Lee Adams and Carol Jacobs each claimed three-year terms on the Gill-Montague Regional School District School Committee during Tuesday’s election, defeating challenger Scott Hyman.Adams and Jacobs won handily, receiving 505 and 487...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

MONTAGUE — All but one of the races on the ballot for Tuesday’s town election are uncontested, with three candidates competing for two open seats with three-year terms on the Gill-Montague Regional School District School Committee.Montague voters can...

March 23: Great Falls Coffeehouse series begins MONTAGUE — The Franklin County Musicians Cooperative will kick off the Great Falls Coffeehouse series on Saturday, March 23, at 7 p.m. at the Great Falls Discovery Center, 2 Avenue A. Doors open at 6:30...

By DOMENIC POLI

TURNERS FALLS — The Gill-Montague Regional School District’s superintendent and director of business and operations walked town officials through the proposed fiscal year 2025 budget this week and explained the finer details of how those figures came...

By BELLA LEVAVI

MONTAGUE — The Gill-Montague Regional School District is working to shore up a budget facing a roughly $500,000 shortfall due to an unexpected loss of state aid. The district’s School Committee has approved a roughly $27.67 million preliminary budget...

By MAX BOWEN

Following a nearly unanimous vote, the Six Town Regionalization Planning Board will begin work on a regional agreement that would combine the Gill-Montague and Pioneer Valley regional school districts.The 13-3 vote at the Jan. 3 meeting was only on...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GILL — More than 40 officials, school representatives and other stakeholders from six towns convened Tuesday to consider what regionalization of the Gill-Montague and Pioneer Valley regional school districts might entail, particularly in terms of...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

MONTAGUE — Having been signed by Gill-Montague Regional School District School Committee Chair Jane Oakes, the contract between the committee and the teachers union is now official, Superintendent Brian Beck announced Thursday.The contract, a product...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

MONTAGUE — With classes resuming on Thursday, Gill-Montague Regional School District educators are positioned to start their second consecutive academic year without an updated contract while they continue to push for salary increases.The...

By DOMENIC POLI

ERVING — Roughly 20 interested citizens attended Thursday’s Erving School Committee meeting to learn more about the fiscal and educational feasibility of merging the Gill-Montague and Pioneer Valley regional school districts.Alan Genovese and Greg...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

MONTAGUE — Having worked without a new contract since last summer, Gill-Montague Regional School District educators began “work-to-rule” on Monday, scaling their efforts back to their contract’s minimum requirements.The Gill-Montague Education...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

MONTAGUE — The Gill-Montague Regional School District School Committee unanimously approved its $27.48 million fiscal year 2024 budget on Tuesday, with changes stemming primarily from contract negotiations and enrollment figures.The budget is a...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — Christopher Barnes, the new principal of Turners Falls High School and Great Falls Middle School, hopes his breadth of experience can serve as the foundation for a long-lasting relationship with the local school district.After...