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Committee accepts FY27 budget, 6.45 percent increase
Northampton School Committee accepted a fiscal 2027 budget appropriation and heard sobering cost estimates for cooling overheated schools.
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Southampton School Committee Seats Three New Members, Approves FY26 Budget Transfers
SOUTHAMPTON -- June 10, 2026, Southampton School Committee reorganizes with three new members and approves fiscal year 2026 line item transfers. The committee unanimously reelected Jen Johnson as chair and Dylan Motley as vice chair
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School Committee elects William chair, Bridget vice
The Amherst Regional School Committee elected William chair and Bridget vice chair at its June 9 reorganization. Bridget won the vice chair seat 6-3. The committee then voted unanimously to disapprove an educator's request to shift a professional leave, saying she can reapply.
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Granby School Committee approves tech disposal, hears budget passed with $30,000 amendment
GRANBY -- June 9, 2026, Granby School Committee approves technology and textbook disposal, learns school budget passed Town Meeting with a $30,000 floor amendment for playground mulch at East Meadow Elementary. The committee voted
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Belchertown School Committee approves First Student bus contract, pilots new middle school Spanish program
BELCHERTOWN -- June 9, 2026, Belchertown School Committee approves First Student bus contract and weighs a new dual-track Spanish pilot for Jabish Brook Middle School. The committee voted unanimously Tuesday to renew transportation services
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School Committee adds 12 school choice seats
The Hatfield School Committee reorganized and opened 12 more school choice seats on June 8. Christy Boudreau was kept as chair and Catherine Englehardt as vice chair, and two new members, Nancy Potvin and Tania Menz, were introduced.
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School Committee votes to recommend council budget power
The Northampton School Committee voted 7-1 to recommend the City Council adopt a 1987 charter provision letting councilors raise, not just cut, the schools budget. Member Anat Weisenfreund moved the measure, capping any council increase at the level of the committee's own "strong budget."
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Superintendent presents two school budget scenarios
Easthampton schools laid out cuts tied to the June 9 override vote. Superintendent Michelle Balch told the School Committee that a successful Proposition 2½ override would require $922,603 in cuts to the proposed fiscal 2027 budget, while a failed override would require $2,771,418.
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Granby School Committee adopts new ELA, civics curriculum and approves bus contract
GRANBY -- May 26, 2026, Granby School Committee reorganizes, approves curriculum and $796,809 bus contract. The committee reappointed Jennifer Bartosz as chair and Trevor Agostino as vice chair at its May 26 reorganization meeting,
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Belchertown School Committee Directs Superintendent to Explore Restoring Middle School Spanish
BELCHERTOWN -- May 26, 2026, Belchertown School Committee unanimously directs superintendent to explore restoring Spanish at Jabish Brook Middle School. The committee, meeting May 26 at Chestnut Hill Community School, voted to have Superintendent Brian
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