Consultant: Better communication necessary in Frontier, Union 38 anti-racism efforts
Frontier Regional School in South Deerfield STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 2/11/2021 8:59:54 AM
SOUTH DEERFIELD Better communication is going to be necessary for the sustainable, systemic change many hope to see in the anti-racism efforts in the Frontier and Union 38 regional school districts, one Frontier alumna says.
“From my perspective, it feels that Frontier is a school with anti-racist classrooms,” Amanda Mozea told the Frontier School Committee Tuesday night. “How can we transition from individual teachers and individual classrooms doing this work, to making this systematic?”
In an update on the Anti-Racism and Equity Committee, Mozea who was hired by the district last year as a consultant to the committee said the group recently held two open discussions attended by about 30 participants each time, and sent resource lists to all schools to be used as a “road map” for
South County Notebook: Feb. 9, 2021
Published: 2/8/2021 3:01:36 PM
Nomination papers available for annual town election
DEERFIELD Request forms for nomination papers are now available in the Town Hall foyer.
Anyone interested in running for office is required to submit a request form to the Town Clerk’s Office. Complete forms can be emailed to jwallace@town.deerfield.ma.us, mailed to 7 Conway St. or returned to the dropbox in the Town Hall foyer, which is accessible 24/7. Nomination papers will then be mailed the home address provided, or available for pick up by appointment.
The deadline to return completed nomination papers to the Town Clerk’s Office is 5 p.m. on March 15.
Boards of health OK remote start after holiday break before hybrid return at Frontier, Union 38 schools
Frontier Regional School in South Deerfield will remain in remote learning through Jan. 8. STAFF FILE PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Modified: 1/1/2021 10:28:12 AM
SOUTH DEERFIELD Three of the four local boards of health approved a motion this week for the Frontier and Union 38 regional school districts to remain in remote learning through Jan. 8.
As Conway’s Board of Health did not have a quorum, a separate meeting will be held to vote on the motion.
The vote followed a discussion by members of the Sunderland, Deerfield, Whately and Conway boards of health at a joint meeting Tuesday night. The discussion began with a recommendation from Deerfield Board of Health member Carolyn Shores Ness to resume remote learning on Jan. 4 and to resume hybrid learning on Jan. 7.
SOUTH DEERFIELD The Frontier and Union 38 regional school districts unanimously approved Tuesday the revised health metrics that will be used to guide the decision-making process for closing or reopening schools.The health metrics presented in the.
Frontier, Union 38 approve revised health metrics that guide closing, reopening schools
Frontier Regional School in South Deerfield. Staff File Photo/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 12/23/2020 3:53:57 PM
SOUTH DEERFIELD The Frontier and Union 38 regional school districts unanimously approved Tuesday the revised health metrics that will be used to guide the decision-making process for closing or reopening schools.
The health metrics presented in the COVID-19 Monitoring Indicators document were the only item of discussion at Tuesday night’s Joint School Committee meeting.
Since the document was last revised in November, the metrics for school closure have changed to include a hospital indicator the percentage of inpatient beds occupied by people in the community and the removal of the state positivity rate indicator.