Opinion: Minimize Financial Pain To Residents In Order To Maximize The Chance Of Success Of The School Building Project
How would you use the $23 million in savings (“reserves”) the town has built up?...
tax override
Unpublished Jones Library Space Plan Proposes Alternatives To Costly Expansion
Jones Library News Highlights For The Week Of October 24, 2022 Massachusetts Library System Study...
Council Reviews Its Role In Elementary School Building Project. May Reconsider Net Zero Bylaw.
Report On The Special Town Council Meeting, February 28,2022. This meeting was conducted over Zoom...
Issues & Analyses: Cost Considerations For Determining Size Of New Elementary School
The following data analysis was sent to the Town Council on February 28,2022. On February...
Public Comment: Size of New School Impacts Carbon Footprint and Tax Burden On Residents
The following comment was submitted in writing to the Amherst Town Council on February 22,...
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. Amherst’s School Building Project: We Need To Set Ourselves Up For Success
Editor’s note: The Indy will now post Jennifer Shiao’s School Committee Blog as new entries become available. Shiao’s...
Designer Focuses On Educational Program For New Elementary School Project
A town-wide vote to fund a new elementary school has been pushed back to March...
Letter: Libraries And Schools and Taxes
I respect the views of Allison McDonald, hardworking Amherst School Committee Chair, expressed in Letter:...
Decision On Site For New Elementary School Expected To Be “Sticky Wicket”
After a slow start, the elementary school building project is expected to have a “fast...