Search continues for Fort River Elementary School principal
Fort River Elementary School GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 6/1/2021 10:37:59 AM
AMHERST A search for a new principal at Fort River Elementary School is reopening after the preferred candidate in the previous process took a job outside public K-12 education.
A letter sent last week to staff and families at Fort River from Superintendent Michael Morris and Doreen Cunningham, assistant superintendent for Diversity, Equity and Human Resources, informed them that a new search would have to start.
“The screening committee, interview committee, staff members and Fort River family members who provided feedback strongly supported one of the four finalists as the best fit for Fort River Elementary, and we agreed with their recommendation,” Morris and Cunningham wrote. “Unfortunately, that candidate chose to accept another position outside of public K-12 education.”
Four being interviewed for Fort River principal post
Fort River Elementary School. FILE PHOTO
Published: 4/28/2021 9:05:23 PM
AMHERST A Northampton elementary school teacher is among four finalists being interviewed this week to become the next principal at Fort River Elementary School.
Sadie Cora, who has taught third and fourth grades at Jackson Street Elementary School for the past eight years, is joined as a candidate for the position by Laura Tiktin Sharick, an assistant principal in Brooklyn, New York; Lori Robinson, a teacher and administrator in the Springfield public schools; and Siby Adina, an elementary curriculum coordinator at a Worcester charter school.
Racist, anti-Semitic graffiti at Amherst Regional High School investigated
Amherst-Pelham Regional High School.
AMHERST School administrators and Amherst Police are investigating racist and anti-Semitic graffiti found drawn in chalk Friday outside Amherst Regional High School.
Superintendent Michael Morris, in an email co-signed by Assistant Superintendent Doreen Cunningham, high school Principal Talib Sadiq and Summit Academy Principal David Slovin, notified families this week about the incident at the school building, where few staff and students are inside as remote instruction continues for nearly all teachers and students.
“These chalk drawings, which included a racial slur and a swastika, were photographed and quickly removed; however, the drawings were a blatant violation of school policy, and more importantly our community’s core values,” Morris wrote. “No one should ever have to come to work or school and experience discrimination and bigotry in any form.”
Racist, anti-Semitic graffiti at Amherst Regional High School investigated
Amherst-Pelham Regional High School.
Modified: 12/15/2020 4:12:49 PM
AMHERST School administrators and Amherst Police are investigating racist and anti-Semitic graffiti found drawn in chalk Friday outside Amherst Regional High School.
Superintendent Michael Morris, in an email co-signed by Assistant Superintendent Doreen Cunningham, high school Principal Talib Sadiq and Summit Academy Principal David Slovin, notified families this week about the incident at the school building, where few staff and students are inside as remote instruction continues for nearly all teachers and students.
“These chalk drawings, which included a racial slur and a swastika, were photographed and quickly removed; however, the drawings were a blatant violation of school policy, and more importantly our community’s core values,” Morris wrote. “No one should ever have to come to work or school and experience disc