AMHERST An art installation integrated into the Boltwood parking garage that displays fragments of locally composed poetry in bright green letters on computer screens has rarely functioned since the structure opened in 2002.Recognizing that Poem.
Amherst school committees instruct superintendent to plan in-person learning
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AMHERST Students throughout the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional schools should have an opportunity to attend school in person starting in April.
The three school committees voted unanimously on March 3 to instruct Superintendent Michael Morris to develop a plan in which “all students who want it” will be able to finish the school year with instruction at the elementary schools, the middle school and the high school.
Just two days later, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approved emergency regulations Friday giving Commissioner Jeff Riley the authority to decide when full and partial remote schooling will no longer count toward student learning time requirements. The following Tuesday, DESE decreed that all public elementary schools in Massachusetts will be required to open for full-time, in-person learning by April 5, while middle schools will be required
Amherst school committees instruct superintendent to plan in-person learning
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Published: 3/4/2021 7:35:46 PM
AMHERST Students throughout the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional schools should have an opportunity to attend school in person starting in April.
The three school committees Wednesday voted unanimously to instruct Superintendent Michael Morris to develop a plan in which “all students who want it” will be able to finish the school year with instruction at the elementary schools, the middle school and the high school.
Allison McDonald, chairwoman of the Amherst and Regional school committees, said the votes restate a commitment to provide the right education for all students and to give parents and guardians the choice of continuing remote instruction, which has been the main method of learning for most students for about a year, or to have their children return to classrooms for the first time since March 2020.
Amherst school officials pledge to have all students in class this fall
Amherst Regional High School
AMHERST After 11 months of entirely remote instruction, which for many students in the Amherst and Amherst-Pelham regional schools could extend through the remainder of the current school year, school leaders are pledging to have all students, teachers and staff back in classrooms this fall.
The Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee, joined by the Amherst and Pelham school committees, adopted a resolution on Feb. 16 promising in-person instruction when schools reopen after the summer break, conditioned on input from local health officials.
The resolution states that as long as safety guidelines of local public health officials are fully adhered to, the schools “will provide full-time in-person learning for the full 2021-2022 school year for all students. The Superintendent will manage this plan and any shift back to remote learning based on a continuous assessment of healt
Amherst school officials pledge to have all students in class this fall
Amherst Regional High School
Published: 2/17/2021 6:54:29 PM
AMHERST After 11 months of entirely remote instruction, which for many students in the Amherst and Amherst-Pelham regional schools could extend through the remainder of the current school year, school leaders are pledging to have all students, teachers and staff back in classrooms this fall.
The Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee, joined by the Amherst and Pelham school committees, on Tuesday adopted a resolution promising in-person instruction when schools reopen after the summer break, conditioned on input from local health officials.
The resolution states that as long as safety guidelines of local public health officials are fully adhered to, the schools “will provide full-time in-person learning for the full 2021-2022 school year for all students. The Superintendent will manage this plan and any shift back to remote learning based on