Talib Sadiq to remain as ARHS principal
Amherst Regional High School FILE PHOTO
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST Amherst Regional High School’s interim principal will remain in the position on a permanent basis.
Talib Sadiq, appointed last July following the departure of Gene Jones for a principal position in North Carolina, is staying on due to his “highly successful service,” according to an announcement from School Superintendent Michael Morris on Friday.
“The district is fortunate to have a proven leader with such expertise, who knows the ARHS community so well and has already dedicated many years to supporting our students and families,” Morris said in a statement.
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Amherst school chief: ‘About 16 positions will be lost’ in regional district
Updated Feb 05, 2021;
AMHERST – School Superintendent Michael Morris has acknowledged that the district’s challenged financial reality means 16 staff positions will be lost around July 1.
Amherst-Pelham regional school board on Tuesday began reviewing a proposed budget for the fiscal year, that will begin July 1, that will cut $864,246 from this year’s spending plan.
Morris disclosed staff positions disappearing during a remote meeting Thursday evening convened following a petition by hundreds of parents, upset about the all-remote learning regimen, which was focus of the Feb. 4 meeting.
Parents have been pushing the district to figure out a way to begin in-person learning, saying their children have suffered educationally, emotionally and socially – and that more families will exit the district to find schooling elsewhere for their children – if all-remote learning continues, and a
Amherst school officials share air quality info with families
Amherst Regional High School GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST Families of students who attend the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional public schools are up to date on how well ventilated classrooms are in the six district buildings should in-class learning resume, according to School Superintendent Michael Morris.
In a weekly newsletter sent to parents and guardians Dec. 11, Morris shared detailed information from Nexus Consulting LLC of Torrington, Connecticut, about the status of air quality in each classroom and other educational spaces.
The information was provided after the Amherst Pelham Education Association, the union representing teachers, paraprofessionals and clerical staff, expressed concern last week about renegotiating the terms of a memorandum of agreement for getting students and teachers back into school buildings.
Amherst educators join other teacher unions in criticizing state handling of pandemic
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
At issue is the difficulties faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a statement releases earlier this week, the Amherst union leadership said, “the Amherst-Pelham Education Association’s Representative Council voted overwhelmingly to declare ‘no confidence in the judgment or professional leadership capabilities of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and its Commissioner Jeff Riley.’ In doing so, the APEA educators stand together with over 100 other educator unions across the state that have expressed their dismay at Riley’s leadership during this pandemic.”
Massachusetts Teachers Association President Merrie Najimy told The Republican that “educators’ unions, like all unions, have an obligation to stand up for the health and safety of their members. Defending the health of our members also protects our students, their families and