Ashland School Board accepts grant money for COVID expenses
May 12, 2021ASHLAND At their May 4 meeting, the Ashland School Board accepted grant money for Coronavirus expenses, discussed future school improvements to be funded by such grants, and approved a Student Council proposal for an outdoor classroom, the eighth grade class trip and the calendar for the next school year. They also learned of school activities. The School Board held a public hearing on accepting unanticipated grant money from the second round of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief program, also known as ESSER II, for expenses due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The ESSER II allocation to the Ashland School District is $270,983.75. Part of that sum will go to the local Supervisory Union to cover the associated administrative costs. The Board voted unanimously to accept the grant. Superintendent Mary Moriarty also discussed the next grant round ESSER III, money which has yet to be released. The
Avery appointed Principal at Ashland Elementary
December 12, 2020ASHLAND At their Dec. 1 meeting, the Ashland School Board appointed Kelly Avery as the School Principal for the next school year, extended the Christmas vacation, discussed basketball, donations and next year s budget, and learned of school activities. This school year, the Ashland School has been run by Associate Principal Kelly Avery and Interim Principal Steve Guyer. Formerly a teacher in the school, Avery has been taking classes needed to serve as the School s only principal in the next school year, and is now halfway through her required studies. At this meeting, Superintendent
Mary Moriarty formally nominated Avery to serve as the Principal from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, noting that she has done an outstanding job. The School Board quickly and unanimously voted to appoint Avery to that position.