School Budgets Remain Unsettled
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Finance Committee, May 14, 2024 This meeting was...
Amherst Regional Public Schools (ARPS)
Defamation Specialists Join Lawsuit Against Regional School District
The law firm of Meier Watkins Phillips Pusch, a Washington D.C.-based practice specializing in defamation,...
Budget Deliberation Month Begins. Town Manager’s Budget Shorts Schools
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, May 6, 2024 This was a...
Opinion: Sunrise Amherst Finds Proposed Town Budget Errors Topping $2 Million
Spending Increases Inequitable Across Departments On Wednesday, May 1, the Town Manager released his proposed...
E. Xiomara Herman Selected as New School Superintendent
Report on the Special Meeting of the Regional and Union 26 School Committees, April 29,...
ARMS Dean of Students Seeks Medical Leave
MassLive reported on April 30 that Amherst Regional Middle School (ARMS) Dean of Students Lamikco...
Public Hearing and Council Vote on Regional School Budget Canceled. Bockelman to Submit Recommendation for Schools as Part of Town Budget
The Amherst Town Council was scheduled to vote on the Regional School District budget at...
Interim School Superintendent Refuses to Share Info on Budget Cuts
At the April 24 meeting of the Amherst Regional School Committee, Interim Superintendent Douglas Slaughter...
School Committee Interviews Superintendent Candidate Joanne Menard
Report on the Joint Meeting of the Union 26 and Regional School Committees, April 23,...
School Committee Interviews Superintendent Candidate Susan Gilson
Report on the Joint Meeting of the Union26 and Regional School Committees, April 10, 2024...
Letter: Speak Up In Support of School Budget
by Amber Cano-Martin and Allegra Clark Recently, Amherst parents and public education advocates made their...
Indy Rewind – Opinion: Does the Town of Amherst Still Value K-12 Education? Some Thoughts on the School Budget Crisis
This column appeared originally in the Indy on April 5, 2024. By Art and Maura...