School Budget Vote Leaves Art and Technology Teachers In Limbo
A $25.5 million elementary school budget for fiscal year 2023 which includes funding to restore...
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Opinion: Amherst School Committee Restores Art And Technology Specials Teachers For FY23 Budget – But How?
Jennifer Shiao’s School Committee Blog Siblings Of Students In Special Education Programs Will Be Offered...
Building Committee Receives Preliminary Cost Estimates For New Elementary School
Report On The Meeting Of The Elementary School Building Committee, March 4, 2022 This meeting...
Opinion: Jennifer Shiao’s School Committee Blog. Where Are We With The Elementary School Building Project?
Editor’s note: The Indy will now post Jennifer Shiao’s School Committee Blog as new entries become available. Shiao’s...
Opinion: Jennifer Shiao’s School Committee Blog. Most Of The Principals Who Have Left The District Have Been Women
Editor’s note: The Indy will now (usually) post Jennifer Shiao’s School Committee Blog on Wednesday Mornings. The...
Opinion: Jennifer Shiao’s School Committee Blog. Amherst And Regional School Committee Meetings
Editor’s note: The Indy will now post Jennifer Shiao’s School Committee Blog on Wednesday Mornings.The Wednesday posting...
“Major Equity Issue” May Not Be Resolved In New School Building Project
Contrary to previous visions for how elementary school specialized programs would be configured with a...
Opinion: I Feel Lucky To Be In Amherst
Reflections On The Regional School Committee Meeting, 1/4/22 Editor’s note: Beginning this week the Indy...
Excitement Expressed As School Building Project Officially Launched
A joint meeting of the Amherst School Committee and the Elementary School Building Committee on...
Parents To School Committee: Restore Elementary Art And Technology Teachers To Full Time
Restoring art and technology “specials” teachers to full time was a top priority for parents...
DiNisco Selected As Designer For Elementary School Project
Boston-based architecture firm, DiNisco Design will design Amherst’s elementary school building project. At a meeting...
Unanticipated Expenditures For Special Education Raise Concern
District-wide special education (SPED) programs in the Amherst elementary schools spent more than four times...