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By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — With three members absent for various reasons, the Mahar School Committee on Wednesday approved a 4% budget increase for the next school year.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The School Committee voted unanimously to keep the fifth and eighth grade classes at their current schools for next school year after the mayor’s fiscal year 2026 budget brought significant restraints amid previous plans to redistrict next school year.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Tensions rose between City Council and School Committee Wednesday in the wake of Mayor Ginny Desorgher’s announcement that the city cannot fund the School Department’s nearly $25.59 million budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, a $1.89 million increase over the current fiscal year.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Although the mayor announced last week that the city could not fund the School Department’s nearly $25.59 million budget proposal with a $1.89 million increase, a key driver of which was redistricting measures, the School Committee voted 6-0 with one abstention to continue with its redistricting plan in September.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Mayor Ginny Desorgher addressed the School Committee Wednesday night to explain why the city cannot fund the School Department’s proposed $1.89 million budget increase in fiscal year 2026.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — The Erving School Committee approved its fiscal year 2026 budget proposal of $3.81 million for Erving Elementary School, along with $1.36 million for secondary education, on Tuesday.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The School Committee approved a $29 million budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, representing a nearly 8% increase over the current fiscal year.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As the city heads into its fiscal year 2026 budget season, an ongoing conflict over transparency between the School Department and City Council has re-emerged.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — School Committee member Stacey Sexton was elected to vice chair after declining a nomination to assume Chair Glenn Johnson-Mussad’s position on Monday evening.“I really appreciate the support that the two folks who nominated me and spoke...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — The Gill-Montague Education Association (GMEA) announced to the School Committee on Tuesday that it has taken a vote of no-confidence in Gill-Montague Regional School District Superintendent Brian Beck, as well as Heath Cummings, the...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Following months of discussions on ways to make schools safer, the School Committee has voted unanimously to approve a memorandum of understanding with the Police Department that allows officers to monitor the schools’ live security...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Amid recent community dialogues on whether to station school resource officers (SROs) in the district, Police Chief Todd Dodge said the School and Police departments have agreed upon a number of safety initiatives that are currently...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — After the School Committee voted 5-2 against a proposal to study stationing a school resource officer in one of the district’s schools, the Public Safety Commission challenged the school board on Wednesday to send a written questionnaire...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — School Committee members joined Superintendent Karin Patenaude on Tuesday evening for the inaugural meeting of its new Community Engagement Subcommittee. The new government body, chaired by School Committee member Stacey Sexton, will meet...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) has selected School Committee member Elizabeth DeNeeve to be a 2024 All-State School Committee Member — the first such recognition presented to a Greenfield School Committee member...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — School Committee members voted 5-2 against a proposal from Mayor Ginny Desorgher to study the possibility of stationing a school resource officer in one of the district’s schools.The proposal was brought to the committee last month after...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — After a city councilor’s query into the School Department’s special education transportation budget led to a conflict over transparency, School Committee Chair Glenn Johnson-Mussad and Superintendent Karin Patenaude hope to mend relations...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — City councilors are pleading for increased transparency from the School Department amid concerns over the district’s spending, particularly on special education transportation.This year, the School Department’s more than $878,000 special...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The School Committee has voted in favor of decommissioning the vacant Green River School, prompting uncertainty as to the site’s future and the status of the more than $1 million in grants and loans issued to the School Department to...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Orange Elementary and Ralph C. Mahar Regional school committees obliged their town’s Selectboard on Monday by revisiting the budgets they’re proposing at the Annual Town Meeting, but only Mahar voted to further trim costs as asked.Because...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As the Greenfield School Department works to decommission the vacant Green River School and transfer ownership to the city, challenges have arisen as the district works to tie up loose financial ends with the Massachusetts School Building...