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Former Councilor Promotes Biggest School OptionBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
03:59PM / Tuesday, February 21, 2012 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The school building committee is expected to vote next week on which of the raft of school options the city should select.
Many believe that a new Greylock Elementary School is the obvious choice: The site is flat and needs minimal work, the children would not have to be relocated and it's the cheapest option.
The proposal would cost an estimated $27.7 million, with the city being responsible for $5.6 million. But it would only solve half the city's problem, which is to find an educational solution for 620 children in Grades K-7.
School building options:Renovate Conte Build a new GreylockRenovate GreylockBuild a new SullivanBuild a new Greylock for 620 studentsDo 16 Comments
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The Independent Investor: Should College be Free, Part IIBy Bill Schmick,
01:16PM / Friday, February 17, 2012 | |
 My last column ended with two questions:
"Does a high school education prepare our youth to enter the work force, escape poverty and become productive citizen of the economy?"
The answer to that question is a resounding no, in my opinion, which creates a problem since the purpose of public education, according to our founding fathers, was the accomplishment of those goals. I believe there is a consensus among Americans that a college education has supplanted high school as a requirement in accomplishing the above goals. In which case, colleges should be tuition-free just like most high schools.
Whether college really does prepare our future generations for "living the 1 CommentRead More >> |
North Adams Ponders Elementary School OptionsBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
11:21PM / Thursday, February 16, 2012 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Building Committee ran through the options again on Thursday night following the state's rejection of its two-school plan.
School officials had hoped the Massachusetts School Building Authority would be amenable to renovating or building two K-7 schools to address the city's space issues with closure of Conte Middle School.
The committee had opted to present a new Greylock School and a renovated Conte as its preference. Now the committee has to decide on one 310-student school — or build a 620-student school.
On Thursday night, the committee reviewed the options again in hopes of getting more input from the community, but the audience
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Judges Needed for Region 1 Science Fair| 09:49AM / Wednesday, February 15, 2012 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and the Berkshire STEM Pipeline Network will host the Region 1 Science & Engineering Fair on Friday, March 9.
The fair provides students the opportunity to explore and share an aspect of science with peers from surrounding communities.
Region 1 includes Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire counties. More than 150 high school students are expected to participate. The top 40 finalists will qualify for the Massachusetts State Science & Engineering Fair held in May at MIT. The top two projects from Region I will also qualify to participate in the 2012 Intel International Science & Engineering Fair to be held in 0 Comments
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MCLA Professor Publishes Book on Portraying Mental Health| 01:15PM / Tuesday, February 14, 2012 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Michael Birch, an associate professor of English/communications at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, has published "Mediating Mental Health: Contexts, Debates and Analysis," a book about improving media representations of mental health.
With a globally projected increase in mental health conditions, the book offers a detailed, critical analysis of media representations, looking across genre forms. Examining film, television and radio, media constructions of mental health identity are analyzed along with language in representations.
"In the United States, 77 million will experience mental health issues; that’s one in four people," said 0 Comments
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Reality Star Talks Shop With Drury Television ClassBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
05:46PM / Sunday, February 12, 2012 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Not every high school student gets to interview a television star but on Wednesday, Christy Haley did just that.
The Drury High School senior talked with Jessica Gahring, shop manager from TLC's reality show "NY Ink," in the high school's newly revitalized television studio.
"I'm really impressed with the studio. I think this is phenomenal," Gahring said after chatting on camera with Haley for nearly a half hour. "I never had anything like it."
The Drury TV station was sitting dormant just two years ago when teacher Jamie Choquette decided to get it back up and running. With help from Northern Berkshire Community Television, the school 1 Comment
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McCann Technical School 2nd Quarter Honor Roll| 02:05PM / Friday, February 10, 2012 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — McCann Technical School has announced those students named to the honor roll for the second marking period of the 2011-2012 school year.
Ashley Alibozek,
Bolognia, Timothy
Cleary, Alexandra
Czarnecki, Brandon
Daniels, Rebecca
Dobbert Jr., Theodore
Field, Cassie
Gamache, Rebecca
Giron, Zachary
Goodreau, Brandon
Howe, Brittany
Howland, Cameron
Larabee, Amanda
Lecuyer, Jake
Lemoine, Adam
McKinney, Alexander
Meranti, Mitchell
Odell, Samantha
Wotkowicz, Jordanne
Denault, Melia
Dougherty, Brian
Esoldi, Olivia
Grimes, Damon
Lafo, Taylor
Leal, Andrea
Racine, Justin
Reynolds, Cole
Alves, Toby
Andrews, Richard
Bobbitt, Jasmine
Briggs, Michelle
Brockway, Hunter
Burzimati, Marinna
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North Adams' Brayton School Running Out of RoomBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
11:44PM / Tuesday, February 07, 2012 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — School officials are trying to find ways to relieve pressure on classrooms at Brayton Elementary School that has staff and pupils packed "like sardines."
The school has four preschool teachers and eight sessions (morning and afternoon) that feed into four full-time kindergarten classes, which feed into three full-time first and second grades, and two third grades. The three grade levels are now averaging 25 pupils in each class compared to 16-18 at the other schools.
"We've juggled teachers around depending on the class size before," said Superintendent James Montepare at Monday's School Committee meeting. "It's harder to do it this year for 57 Comments
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Guest Column: MCLA Must Rebuild Trust With Faculty, StudentsBy Dana Rapp, Guest Column
02:58PM / Monday, February 06, 2012 | |
 The MCLA Faculty Association is disappointed and confused by the Board of Trustee's vote to arm campus police officers against the will of the vast majority of faculty and a significant majority of students.
Many faculty have worked hard to cultivate a relationship of respect, shared-decision-making, and cooperation with the administration. I cannot imagine a scenario in which the Faculty Association would endorse a policy or plan with such far-reaching implications if the MCLA administration, Board of Trustees, and/or other relevant constituencies on campus "strongly encouraged" us not to do so. The Board's vote, and the flawed process of deliberation that led up to it, leave many 13 Comments
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