Panel on sixth-grade move to Pioneer sets goals, schedule
Pioneer Valley Regional School in Northfield. STAFF FILE PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
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NORTHFIELD At its first meeting Thursday, the committee responsible for planning the move of sixth-graders from the district’s two elementary schools to Pioneer Valley Regional School set a course for future meetings and discussed goals, including ways to communicate progress to district families.
The Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee voted in December 2020 to move the sixth grade this coming fall a timeline that has since been delayed to fall 2022 after a presentation by a sixth-grade reconfiguration group created to study the potential benefits and drawbacks.
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Former Warwick Selectboard member announces write-in campaign for open seat
Published: 5/14/2021 3:14:28 PM
WARWICK With just a few days to go before Monday’s town election, Alan Genovese has announced a write-in campaign to pursue the open three-year term on the Selectboard.
A former Warwick Selectboard member, having served as chair during his term in the mid-2000s, Genovese said he had carefully considered whether to run for election this year, and shared a written statement to introduce himself to voters ahead of Monday’s election. In-person polling hours will be at Town Hall from noon to 4 p.m.
“Although I was not born and raised here, I have been a resident of Warwick for over 30 years and very much enjoy the benefits that this small rural community has to offer,” he wrote. “However, we are not without our challenges. We have to balance our support for providing a quality education for our students within the context of maintaining our local government and town
Warwick appoints six members to Pro Tempore School Governance Committee
The entrance to the former Warwick Community School, which town officials hope to reopen as an independent elementary school. Staff File Photo/PAUL FRANZ
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WARWICK Continuing discussions from two weeks ago, the Selectboard voted to create a Pro Tempore School Governance Committee that will develop plans for an independent elementary school, and appointed six new members.
The Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee voted in January 2020 to cease use of the Warwick Community School building and its 25-acre property, which is owned by Warwick, as a cost-saving measure, a decision that Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Commissioner Jeffrey Riley later approved. Since then, members of the Warwick Education Committee have been holding regular meetings in hopes of reopening the Warwick Community School as an independent elementary school.
Following Open Meeting Law complaint, Pioneer to hold Budget Subcommittee meeting again
Pioneer Valley Regional School. STAFF FILE PHOTO/SHELBY ASHLINE
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NORTHFIELD After meeting in executive session to discuss an Open Meeting Law complaint, members of the Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee determined there was an error posting last month’s Budget Subcommittee meeting, and the meeting will be re-held on Tuesday, March 9.
Warwick Finance Committee Chair Diana Noble filed the complaint that the Feb. 4 Budget Subcommittee meeting was “not posted or held in a manner that allowed the public to attend.”
“The topics and deliberations of these meetings is of keen importance to the financial well-being of our towns and residents,” Noble wrote in her complaint. “The intent of the Open Meeting Law is to allow the community to understand the topics at hand and governing decisions being made.”