Only small minority of Amherst-Pelham teachers ready to return to classrooms
Amherst-Pelham Regional High School
Published: 2/15/2021 7:08:05 PM
AMHERST Fewer than one in five teachers, paraprofessionals and other staff who are part of the Amherst Pelham Education Association say they would voluntarily return to school buildings for in-person instruction beginning March 1.
With surveys of 428 union members complete, out of 577 members in the union’s three bargaining units, Superintendent Michael Morris is determining a plan for having some students back in classrooms in the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional schools next month.
Morris is expected to present what is possible at a joint meeting of school committees Tuesday, after they gave him instructions in January to develop a plan for in-person learning in which teachers, paraprofessionals and other staff could, on their own, decide to be back in schools. Such a plan is also to be guided by advice from local heal
Fort River Elementary School building plans advance in Amherst
Fort River Elementary School
Published: 2/12/2021 10:52:49 AM
AMHERST An expanded, renovated or rebuilt Fort River Elementary School, with significant financial support from the state, is moving to the feasibility stage.
The board of directors for the Massachusetts School Building Authority on Thursday invited Amherst, as well as Maynard and Winchester, into the next step in the process of getting a school project completed.
“These feasibility studies will carefully examine potential solutions to the issues identified at the school facilities and will help us develop the most cost-effective plan to address those issues,” State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg, chairwoman of the MSBA, said in a statement.