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By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — While other districts are currently setting their competency determinations in the wake of Question 2, the Pioneer Valley Regional School District will instead take its time.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — More environmental education opportunities will be coming to Pioneer Valley Regional School in the fall, as the school received $75,000 to boost its environmental science Innovation Career Pathway program.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Just five and a half months after implementing a cellphone ban for students, the effects are clear to Pioneer Valley Regional School District administrators: students are paying more attention in class and socializing among themselves instead of through a screen.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — The Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee last week approved the administration’s $17.46 million budget for fiscal year 2026, thus sending the proposal along for Annual Town Meeting approval.

Highest Honor: Aaron Archer, Ahnna Berthiaume, Amber Drossart, Emma Goulding, Samuel Lawler, Evangeline Lewis, Deveney Pillsbury, Gianna Shattuck, Hannah Skorupa, Amy VanDoren, Gabrielle Warriner Cardin and Brooke Welcome.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Pioneer Valley Regional School administrators said they are deepening their commitment to investing in curriculum, staff compensation and facilities in the fiscal year 2026 budget presentation last week.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — While the Winchester High School Selection Committee only moved Hinsdale High School to the next stage in its process of finding an anchor school for high schoolers from Winchester, New Hampshire, the Pioneer Valley Regional School District is planning on staying in the mix as a choice school.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — While the Pioneer Valley Regional School District opted last summer to revisit the idea of moving the sixth grade classes to the middle and high school, the conversation is again being put on pause.

By LIESEL NYGARD

Editor’s note: To mark the start of a new year, the Greenfield Recorder is publishing stories about what Franklin County residents can likely expect to see happening in their communities in 2025.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — The Pioneer Valley Regional School District is one of three finalist districts that could serve as an anchor school for high schoolers from Winchester, New Hampshire, who will be without a district at the end of the 2026-2027 school year.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — The Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) has invited the Pioneer Valley Regional School District into its eligibility program for building a new school, the first major step in what could be a years-long process.The MSBA’s board...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Ten exemplary students from across Franklin County and North Quabbin region were recognized Thursday night during the Franklin County Area Superintendents’ Association’s annual awards dinner at Franklin County Technical School.These...

Seventh Grade Highest Honor: Tucker Aldrich, Aaron Archer, Ahnna Berthiaume, Layla Coffin, Ariah Dikeman, Benjamin Fournier, Emma Goulding, Shivani Harris, Samuel Lawler, Evangeline Lewis, Deveney Pillsbury, Gianna Shattuck, Hannah Skorupa, Amy...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — After a few weeks of sorting out write-in votes and tracking down winners to accept their election, results are finally in for the Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s School Committee election, which saw six seats on the ballot...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Join the Pioneer Valley Regional School theater program this weekend as students explore the twisting relationships of “This Changes Everything.”In the 2015 play by Joel Horwood, a group of young women who are fed up with living on the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

Alongside casting their vote for president and congressional representatives, residents living within the Pioneer Valley Regional School District also will vote for representatives to the district’s School Committee on Election Day.While there are six...

By CHRIS LARABEE, MADISON SCHOFIELD, ANTHONY CAMMALLERI, ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN and DOMENIC POLI

The MCAS scores for 2024 have been released, showing that approximately 30.1% of Franklin County and North Quabbin students met or exceeded expectations, 48.5% partially met expectations and 21.5% did not meet expectations in the math and English...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — How can a school’s institutional practices and physical spaces position a district to better serve teachers and students alike? A team from the Pioneer Valley Regional School District is taking a trip to Kentucky in October to see how...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — As schools kicked off around the valley this week, Pioneer Valley Regional School District students likely saw the biggest change among schools.The district implemented the use of magnetic Yondr pouches to curb cellphone use among...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — The 54 members of the Pioneer Valley Association of Support Personnel (PVASP) will see what administrators say is a “record” pay increase for the union following the approval of a three-year contract.The contract, which was approved by...

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...