Guest columnists Nykole Roche and others: Urges Northampton schools to offer equal child care services >Published: 7/18/2021 7:00:33 PM
Let’s do a quick comparison. According to the Department of Early and Secondary Education, Leeds Elementary School has the second-lowest percentage of students of color, compared to Bridge Street, where Black, Indigenious and people of color students represent 43% of our community, and Jackson Street School, where they represent 36.3%.
Non-native English speakers and English learners are a combined 28% of the Bridge Street population and 20.3% of the Jackson Street population, but just 12% of Leeds students. High-needs and low-income students are 57.1% and 44.2%, respectively, of the Bridge Street student body, far larger percentages than at Leeds (42%; 29.7%). Ryan Road has more economically disadvantaged students than Leeds. And a disproportionate number of children with disabilities are Bridge Street students.
Northampton School Committee approves $33M budget
John F. Kennedy Middle School in Northampton GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 4/11/2021 8:31:06 PM
NORTHAMPTON After discussing options for supporting high school students coming back to school in person post-pandemic, the School Committee approved a $33 million budget at its meeting Thursday.
The committee did not vote on the budget at its last meeting in March which ended with a request for the school district to consider ways to provide additional social emotional support for high school students through the budget process, Superintendent John Provost said Thursday.
Provost pitched spending around $10,000 in COVID-19 relief funding for curriculum and training in social emotional learning support for everyone at the high school. Already, there is similar programming for all students in the elementary and middle schools, Provost said.
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Ban on Confederate flag urged in Northampton schools
Desmond Caldwell, principal of JFK Middle School, addresses a crowd that gathered to denounce racism on Wednesday February 24, 2021.
Published: 2/25/2021 9:39:44 PM
NORTHAMPTON JFK middle schooler Willa Polin has seen the Confederate flag in school hallways and on Zoom, she told the School Committee on Thursday night.
“This is a symbol of hate in a place that is supposed to be safe,” she said. “It doesn’t belong in our schools. I believe that a better world is possible, and I believe banning the Confederate flag is one step closer to that better world.”