Due to construction lag, district postpones use of new Wahconah Regional by 5 weeks berkshireeagle.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from berkshireeagle.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Second of two parts.
Berkshire County Education Task Force Chairman William J. âBillâ Cameron Jr., also a Pittsfield School Committee member, recently retired from an extended 20-month tenure as interim Superintendent of the Lenox Public Schools.
Cameron had retired in 2014 as superintendent of the Central Berkshire Regional School District. Earlier, he had been assistant superintendent for personnel and negotiations for the Pittsfield public schools, superintendent of schools in Salem, and interim superintendent for Shaker Mountain School Union 70 (Hancock, New Ashford and Richmond).
In the second of a two-part conversation, he shares insights on countywide issues, including MCAS and other standardized tests, the impact of school choice on Pittsfield, Lenox and neighboring districts, and the prospects for collaboration among the countyâs school districts. Excerpts follow, edited for length.
Clarence Fanto | The Bottom Line: A chat with the outgoing interim superintendent in Lenox berkshireeagle.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from berkshireeagle.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Becket residents work through a 20-item warrant at their annual town meeting Saturday night. LARRY PARNASS â THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
BECKET â In construction season, as many as 100 heavy-duty trucks can pass each day along Becket roads where Robert Benton likes to walk.
Thatâs what happens when you live near two busy companies, Williams Stone and Tonlino & Sons Crushed Stone, on Algerie Road and neighboring streets.
Benton rose during the annual town meeting Saturday to explain why he shaped a citizens petition on the nightâs warrant after speaking with local truckers and twice presenting a case to the Select Board that the noise from âengine brakingâ is detrimental to well-being and public health.