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Southern Vermont College to Close DoorsStaff Reports,
12:01PM / Monday, March 04, 2019 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — Southern Vermont College, facing "insurmountable pressure," will close at the end of the spring semester. In an announcement made Monday morning, President David R. Evans cited declining enrollment, financial pressure, and adverse action by the college's regional accreditor concerning institutional resources. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, Mass., has agreed to accept SVC's new students in the fall semester. MCLA staff are expected to be on the Vermont campus on Tuesday afternoon to meet with any interested students. "Following notice at the end of January from the New England Commission of 4 Comments
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BCC Announces Adjunct Faculty Fellow, Several Other New Hires| 02:18PM / Friday, March 01, 2019 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College has hired a new director of Safety and Security and a new building maintenance supervisor II. It has also announced it has a new adjunct faculty fellow and interim dean of Business, Science, Mathematics and Technology.
Ellis Richardson has been hired as the new Director of Safety and Security. Richardson, a retired chief of police for the city of Hudson in New York, brings an extensive law enforcement background with a community-building mindset. He most recently worked as the Public Safety sergeant for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He attended University at Albany and received an associate's degree from Columbia-Greene
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Alumna Donates $5 Million To Support Teachers At Miss Hall's SchoolBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
05:04PM / Wednesday, February 27, 2019 | |
Theresa Thompson PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Miss Hall's School will bolster its efforts to attract and retain faculty with the help of the largest single gift the school's ever received. Theresa Thompson, who graduated from the all-girls school in 1964, donated $5 million with an eye toward retaining faculty who deliver innovative curriculum at the school. "The gift is directed to supporting salaries ... the salaries are our largest expense and our most valuable asset," said Head of School Julia Heaton on Wednesday. Heaton said the gift had been in the works for some time and is being celebrated this year to honor Thompson's 55th 0 Comments
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Presentation on Interstate School District Study Expected in MayBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
06:15PM / Tuesday, February 26, 2019 | |
 STAMFORD, Vt. — The towns of Stamford and Clarksburg, Mass., hope to have their questions about a merged school district answered by May. Representatives from Public Consulting Group, hired to crunch data, research educational, governance and legislative factors, and lay out possible pathways to an interstate elementary school district, anticipate a joint meeting on May 15 to present what they've learned. "What we're here to do is see if it's even something that's possible, that's feasible," said Anna d'Entremont, PCG senior consultant and team leader. "We don't know yet. ... Our job is to really help facilitate a 0 Comments
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McCann School Committee Endorses $9.6M Budget for Fiscal 2020By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
02:28AM / Tuesday, February 19, 2019 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The McCann School Committee on Thursday approved a straightforward budget that represents a 2.36 percent increase over this year. The committee members had few questions about what Superintendent James Brosnan referred to as "vanilla" fiscal 2020 budget that will increase by $220,769. "There are not a lot of frills or add-ons here. The increases are just a lot of things we don't have control over," School Committee member Daniel J. Maloney Jr. said. "We consider this a balanced budget that just really maintains. It does not move us forward a lot and it keeps us where we are." The fiscal 2019 budget 0 Comments
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College Notes: January, February & March 2019| 04:53PM / Thursday, February 14, 2019 | |
 Sports management majors Rachael Donahue of Pittsfield and Jacqueline Lemaire of North Adams were among 10 students from thewho spent part of their winter session in Australia. They are the first cohort to participate in the college's "J-Term" program of academic study and cultural experiences. The students arrived in Sydney in time to take in the New Year's celebrations, including the spectacular fireworks atop the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and returned to Springfield for the start of the spring semester on Jan. 14. The two-week course, "International Business in Asia Pacific," was delivered through Global Academic Ventures, a Sydney-based academic 0 Comments
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North Adams Hires Away NBSU Business AdministratorBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
03:15PM / Thursday, February 07, 2019 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The current part-time business administrator will become full-time in July at the expiration of a contract with the North Berkshire School Union. Carrie Burnett, who was hired last year as part of a one-year shared services agreement with the union, will take over all budgeting and finance office for the North Adams Public Schools. The School Committee on Tuesday voted to retain Burnett and authorized a contract based on the agreement approved last year but updated to reflect Burnett's full-time position that includes a $1,000 stipend from NBSU as salary; a 1.5 percent contractual increase, based on the teachers' negotiated rate. 2 Comments
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Drury High Graduate's Bequest Establishes Scholarship FundBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
03:58AM / Wednesday, February 06, 2019 | |
Albert Chenail NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A Drury High School graduate has left half of his $1.1 million estate to endow a scholarship fund at his alma mater. Albert Harvey Chenail, who died in April 2017 at the age of 96, bequeathed an initial $400,000 to establish the Frederick L. Chenail and Jessie M. Chenail Scholarship Fund in honor of his parents. His will states "the total amount of such Fund shall be invested and reinvested by Drury High School and that the income from such Fund shall be rewarded annually as a scholarship to a student at Drury High School for the purpose of furthering his or her college or vocational school 0 Comments
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McCann Announces Second Quarter Honor Roll| 12:34PM / Monday, February 04, 2019 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — McCann Technical School has announced its honor roll for the second quarter of the 2018-19 school year. High honors Beany, Jeremy; Blake, Hope; Brown, Lauren; Cote, Robert; Daniels, Millard; Daub, John; Devito, Cortney; Dolle, James; Furlon, Krista; Glidden, Nicholas; Goodell, Morgan; Goyette, Megan; Guiden, James; Knapp, Evan; Lesure, Elisha; Marino, Emma; Parks, Samuel; Rondeau, Caleb; Santelli, Jonathan; Tetlow, Aubrey; Vanuni, Kalley; Vigiard, Joseph; Wojcik, Abigail.
Baran, Ryan; Blevins, Macie; Canales, Dana; Caron, Cortney; Carpenter, Emma; Carpenter, John; Charron, Jessica; Daigneault, Casey; Daigneault, Mya; DeBlois, Morgan; Ellis, Natalie 2020,
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BArT Announces Second Quarter Honor Roll| 02:36PM / Wednesday, January 30, 2019 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School has announced the students who made honor roll for the second quarter of the 2018-19 school year.
Students who earned 80 percent or above in all of their classes received the distinction of "Honors." Students who earned 90 percent or above in all of their classes received the distinction of "High Honors."
Academic courses at BArT are aligned with the Massachusetts State Curriculum Frameworks for the appropriate grade level and include all standards deemed necessary for a complete, college-preparatory, middle and high school education. Grade 6 Persephone Clark, Tucker Danylin, Sascha
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