Chicopee survey shows students prefer in-person learning as high schools return to full-time classes
Updated May 19, 2021;
CHICOPEE Local high school students reported being less than satisfied with remote learning in a survey conducted shortly before state officials ordered all secondary schools to return to full-time, in-person classes.
The Student Advisory Council, made up of students from a variety of grade levels at Comprehensive and Chicopee High Schools, conducted two surveys of their classmates during the COVID-19 pandemic. The overall results show students on average rated learning remotely at about 5.7 on a scale of 1 to 10, said Timothy Wagner, a Comprehensive High senior and president of the council.
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Ward 9 Chicopee Councilor will not seek reelection; School Committee member plans to run for the seat
Updated 12:02 PM;
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CHICOPEE A councilor who has served the city in different positions for more than 40 years announced he will not run for reelection and a long-term School Committee member announced she is planning to run for the seat.
Ward 9 City Councilor Stanley Walczak said Tuesday that he will not run for a fourth term. Before serving six years in the position, Walczak worked in the Parks and Recreation Department for 35 years, retiring as the superintendent in 2013.
“I’ve been in public service for a long time,” he said. “I have some other things I want to do while I can.”
Chicopee considers moving school staff from administration building, citing $300,000 cost to install ventilation system
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CHICOPEE – The city is planning to start searching for space to lease for school administration offices, saying it is time to move out of the Helen O’Connell building, which needs extensive repairs and does not meet the needs of the School Department.
Mayor John L. Vieau, who serves as chairman of the School Committee, proposed advertising for space in the hopes of finding an office building or other alternative with a minimum of 20,000 square feet that can house school support staff.
Chicopee Comprehensive High to add preschool
Updated 5:51 AM;
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CHICOPEE Comprehensive High School is expecting to add a new class for the fall, but the students won’t graduate in four years, five years or even in a decade.
Educators are planning to begin a preschool program for 3- and 4-year-old children similar to one already offered at Chicopee High School, Principal Andrew Lamothe said.
The program will fill two needs. Along with providing convenient and high-quality early childhood education for children of city staff, it is designed to give high school students who are taking child development classes some hands-on experience observing and working with young children, he said.