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By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — As schools kicked off around the valley this week, Pioneer Valley Regional School District students likely saw the biggest change among schools.The district implemented the use of magnetic Yondr pouches to curb cellphone use among...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

BERNARDSTON — Due to an inability to meet certification and licensing requirements through the state Department of Early Education and Care, the proposed “Homework Club,” intended to be a potential solution for a lack of after-school care, will not...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

BERNARDSTON — The Board of Health will hire a licensed professional to study the soil at Bernardston Elementary School after John Lepore, a certified restoration ecological practitioner with Future Lands Designs LLC, found elevated levels of arsenic...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

BERNARDSTON — Town and school officials are seeking solutions to provide child care following the elimination of the before-school and after-school programs that were available at the elementary school.Low enrollment numbers at Bernardston Elementary...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Three years after the idea was tabled, the Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee voted to reinitiate discussions regarding the transition of the district’s sixth grade classes from the elementary schools up to Pioneer...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Beginning in August, Pioneer Valley Regional School District students will be prohibited from using cellphones at any time during the school day.In a unanimous vote Thursday, the School Committee approved a policy charging district...

By CHRIS LARABEE

TURNERS FALLS — After a decade serving as Hillcrest Elementary School’s principal and early childhood coordinator, Sarah Burstein is making her way north to serve as Bernardston Elementary School’s new principal for the upcoming school year.A veteran...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — After a brief discussion about administrator pay, the Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee approved a $16.94 million budget for fiscal year 2025 last week, thus sending it to the towns for approval at Annual Town...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — As the Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s proposed fiscal year 2025 budget takes shape, administrators are emphasizing they want to continue to make “big investments” in Pioneer’s students.Director of Finance and Operations Jordan...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BERNARDSTON — Rounding out the Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s trio of principal appointments is one who already has some experience in the district.Cindy Schultz was brought to the district last summer to serve as Bernardston Elementary...

By AALIANNA MARIETTA

BERNARDSTON — Bernardston Elementary School fifth graders put their thinking caps on to imagine a school campus with ziplining and parkour courses.The brainstorming marked the first step in retired Pioneer Valley Regional School teacher John Lepore’s...

By BELLA LEVAVI

BERNARDSTON — The Franklin County community continues to flock together to support raptor rehabilitator Tom Ricardi as he puts the finishing touches on repairs to his bird enclosures, which were destroyed by a fallen pine tree in February.The latest...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — With one principal already appointed, the Pioneer Valley Regional School District is taking on two principal searches in Northfield and seeking candidates for an expanded administrator role.After five months as interim, Cynthia Schultz...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BERNARDSTON — In a typical arcade, you might expect to play some Pac-Man or Galaga, but Bernardston Elementary School students came up with some ideas of their own with their “cardboard arcade.” On Wednesday, students of all grades could be found...