State requests more info about proposed sixth-grade move to Pioneer
People protest in front of the Northfield Town Hall earlier this month against the plan to move sixth-graders to Pioneer Valley Regional School from the two remaining elementary schools in the district. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
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NORTHFIELD — Just hours after Pioneer Valley Regional School District Superintendent Jonathan Scagel sent a letter to the School Committee to urge it to delay moving the sixth grade to Pioneer, the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) requested more information as it prepared to rule on the committee’s Dec. 10 vote supporting the move.