NORTHFIELD The Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee voted Thursday night to cut the number of School Choice seats in half for the 2022 to 2023 academic year to allow the district to better help students who have struggled.
NORTHFIELD As the Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee prepares to launch its search for a permanent superintendent, it held its mid-year review for Interim Superintendent Patricia Kinsella, who has signaled her intent to pursue.
NORTHFIELD The plan to move sixth-grade students from the Northfield and Bernardston elementary schools to Pioneer Valley Regional School is being delayed following new financial information from Interim Superintendent Patricia Kinsella.In a.
Pioneer’s proposed FY22 budget fails in tied School Committee votes
Pioneer Valley Regional School. Staff File Photo/Zack DeLuca
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NORTHFIELD A motion to pass the proposed fiscal year 2022 budget for the Pioneer Valley Regional School District hit a road block last week, failing twice in consecutive 6-6 votes from the School Committee.
The four-hour meeting on Thursday saw over two hours of discussion on the budget and a 7-5 December vote to move sixth-graders to Pioneer Valley Regional School for the coming fall. During an earlier public hearing on the proposed $14,851,290 budget, School Committee member David Young of Warwick had urged fellow members not to vote in favor of the budget which requires a two-thirds majority to be approved in an effort to delay the sixth-grade move.