Four being interviewed for Fort River principal post
Fort River Elementary School. FILE PHOTO
Published: 4/28/2021 9:05:23 PM
AMHERST A Northampton elementary school teacher is among four finalists being interviewed this week to become the next principal at Fort River Elementary School.
Sadie Cora, who has taught third and fourth grades at Jackson Street Elementary School for the past eight years, is joined as a candidate for the position by Laura Tiktin Sharick, an assistant principal in Brooklyn, New York; Lori Robinson, a teacher and administrator in the Springfield public schools; and Siby Adina, an elementary curriculum coordinator at a Worcester charter school.
Pooled COVID testing to start at these 120 Massachusetts schools and districts this month
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
A program to offer weekly pooled COVID-19 testing for students and educators is starting in Massachusetts this month, with 120 schools and districts signed up to participate so far, according to education officials.
Those 120 schools and districts represent more than a quarter of the state’s public school students, said a spokeswoman for the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Schools and districts will start testing as close to Feb. 8 as possible, said Jackie Reis, the spokeswoman. Some districts could start this week. DESE will continue to accept applications for the program through the end of the month.