Amherst school officials share air quality info with families
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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.
Hundreds call on Amherst school officials for open meeting
Amherst-Pelham Regional High School GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 12/21/2020 7:57:41 PM
AMHERST More than 200 residents, many of them parents and guardians of Amherst public school students, are calling on the Amherst School Committee to hold a special public meeting focused on how to safely reopen buildings for in-school education.
Under a section of the Amherst town charter that provides mechanisms for public participation, 240 people of voting age signed the petition submitted Monday to the committee, as well as the town clerk’s office, asking for an Open Meeting of the Residents.
“We feel excluded from the decision-making process and would like a public airing of the issues related to this absence,” states the petition.
Amherst school officials share air quality info with families
Amherst Regional High School GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 12/15/2020 11:26:54 AM
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 Friday, 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, last week expressed concern about renegotiating the terms of a memorandum of agreement for getting students and teachers back into school buildings. The union has argued that there has been