If school districts can prove they have reached an 80 percent COVID-19 vaccination rate among students and faculty by Oct. 1, they may be eligible to remove mask mandates based on a policy from the state Department of Elementary and Secondary.
Hinds, Blais highlight benefits for hilltowns in state budget > >Gov. Charlie Baker signs the fiscal year 2022 state budget into law on July 16. Courtesy photo
Published: 8/2/2021 3:59:36 PM
The $47.6 billion fiscal year 2022 state budget contains a number of items of importance to the hilltowns as outlined by two lawmakers for the region, Sen. Adam Hinds, D-Pittsfield, and Rep. Natalie Blais, D-Sunderland.
“I think we work really effectively together in terms of tag-teaming in the State House,” Blais said.
The budget, for the fiscal year that began July 1, was signed into law July 16 by Gov. Charlie Baker.
“We go about budgets and every policy debate with a real eye on rural communities,” Hinds said, noting that the Western Massachusetts delegation works together as a team.
Hinds, Blais highlight benefits for Hilltowns in state budget >Published: 7/27/2021 8:55:40 PM
The $47.6 billion fiscal 2022 state budget contains a number of items of importance to the Hilltowns as outlined by two lawmakers for the region, Sen. Adam Hinds, D-Pittsfield, and Rep. Natalie Blais, D-Sunderland.
“I think we work really effectively together in terms of tag-teaming in the State House,” Blais said.
The budget, for the fiscal year that began July 1, was signed into law July 16 by Gov. Charlie Baker.
“We go about budgets and every policy debate with a real eye on rural communities,” said Hinds said, noting that the western Massachusetts delegation works together as a team.
Allison McDonald: School Committee chair on negotiations with union
By Allison McDonald
As many are aware, we have been in talks with representatives from the APEA, the union that represents teachers, clerical staff, and paraeducators in the regional, Amherst and Pelham school districts, to extend their contract and negotiate wage and salary increases.
Our groups have met multiple times but have not been able to make progress toward an agreement, and the Regional School Committee made the decision on Thursday, July 1, to seek mediation. The APEA leadership has made several public statements about our negotiations, and we’ve received a large volume of email related to those statements, so I would like to respond and offer some broader context.
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