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Land acquisitions, proposed solar bylaw changes on table at Conway Town Meeting Published: 6/3/2021 4:33:30 PM CONWAY Voters will weigh in on 29 articles during Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting, including revised solar array bylaws, proposed land acquisitions as part of the South River Flood Resiliency Project and a $6.3 million operating budget. The meeting will be held on Saturday starting at 1 p.m. in the Conway Grammar School gymnasium. Residents will vote on revising zoning bylaws pertaining to large-scale solar projects, which would involve approving a new special permit process. The original solar bylaw was drafted in 2011. Planning Board Chair Beth Girshman explained the revised bylaw would not affect private projects. The special permit process would allow the board to better address individual concerns and have “more oversight on a case-by-case basis.” ....
With track project under budget, Frontier School Committee plans use of extra money The cost to construct a new track at Frontier Regional School, pictured, came in at a lower bid than expected. STAFF FILE PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ By MARY BYRNE SOUTH DEERFIELD With the cost of a track construction project coming in at a lower bid than expected, the Frontier Regional School District School Committee approved a series of proposals on Tuesday concerning how to spend the excess money budgeted for the work, including the purchase of new track equipment and a nine- or 14-passenger van. “Earlier this year, we talked about using $200,000 of (excess and deficiency funds) to offset the cost of the track,” Superintendent Darius Modestow explained. “The track numbers were projected to be coming in at possibly up to $800,000 and change, but the track came in at $638,750. We now have a problem kind of a good problem which is we put money aside to use E and D.” ....
SOUTH DEERFIELD With the cost of the track construction project coming in at a lower bid than expected, the Frontier Regional School District School Committee approved a series of proposals on Tuesday concerning how to spend that money instead,. ....
With extended funding, Frontier and Union 38 to continue COVID-19 pool testing Frontier Regional School in South Deerfield. STAFF FILE PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ By MARY BYRNE SOUTH DEERFIELD The COVID-19 pool testing program at Frontier and Union 38 regional school districts will continue through the rest of the academic year, thanks to a recent announcement from Gov. Charlie Baker extending funding. Meg Burch, nurse manager for the school districts, said the program has done a lot to reduce concerns about the potential for asymptomatic cases and also to provide assurance regarding ongoing prevention strategies. The state launched the pool testing initiative in February, expanding on the rapid testing initiative announced at the end of last year, and funding was originally set to expire on April 18. ....
Frontier School Committee votes $11.8M budget for fiscal year 2022 Students bundle up with the windows cracked for fresh air in a middle school science class at Frontier Regional School in January. The School Committee voted Tuesday to accept a $11.8 million budget for fiscal year 2022. Staff Photo/Paul Franz Published: 3/11/2021 3:28:44 PM SOUTH DEERFIELD The Frontier Regional School District School Committee voted Tuesday to accept a total budget of $11.8 million for fiscal 2022, representing a 3% or $341,000 increase over the current year. Business Administrator Shelley Poreda explained the school district took a level-service approach when developing the budget. “We looked at existing staffing, programming and services from fiscal year 21 and we replicated those over to FY22 as our starting point,” she said. “From there, we looked at any contractual obligations we have, which in the case of Frontier is for teachers and instructional assistants. ....