Three committees approve superintendent evaluation instrument. The Amherst, Pelham, and Regional school committees voted to approve a new superintendent evaluation framework for incoming Superintendent Dr. Herman, establishing four standards with district-specific goals. The Amherst School
Amherst School Committee approves Student Opportunity Act plan to address chronic absenteeism. Chair Sarah Marshall moved to approve the draft plan dated March 27, 2024 designed to support curriculum implementation, enhance social-emotional learning and mental health services, and strengthen
Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee approves $35.7M fiscal year 2025 budget with town-increase cap. The committee voted 8-1 to adopt the budget with Chair Sarahbess Kenney supporting and Irv Rhodes opposed. The vote includes a new assessment-calculation method capping member-town budget
Amherst-Pelham schools adopt new 35.3 million fiscal 2025 budget with town caps. The Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee voted 8-0-1, with Ms. Hynes abstaining, to adopt the new budget after a Four Towns meeting on April 20 showed towns preferred 6 percent assessment growth over 8.63 percent.
Amherst School Committee approves $26.97 million budget for fiscal 2025. The committee unanimously backed the spending plan, which restores teaching positions enabled by additional Town of Amherst funding, with Superintendent Douglas Slaughter overseeing the process. The committee also unanimously
Regional schools select three superintendent finalists. The Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee and Union 26 Committee voted unanimously to endorse Dr. Susan Gilson, Dr. Ericilda Herman, and Dr. Joanne Menard, advancing them to site visits and public forums. Approved unanimously was the site
Amherst superintendent search committee votes unanimously to enter closed-session candidate screening. Committee Chair Sarah Marshall called the preliminary screening committee to order March 16 with 14 members initially present. The committee approved three sets of prior minutes unanimously and
Amherst Regional School Committee approves FY25 fees after first review since pandemic. Superintendent Douglas Slaughter reported the District's first fee review since the pandemic, proposing increases to student meal prices, parking at Amherst Regional High School, musical instrument rental, and
Amherst School Committee votes unanimously to restore six positions from budget cuts. The restoration of four elementary teaching positions, two special education professional roles, one pre-K paraeducator, and one instrumental music teacher was enabled by $259,331 in additional town funding. Chair
Superintendent search committee approves screening questions. The Superintendent Search Committee's preliminary screening panel unanimously approved a refined set of interview questions for superintendent candidates on March 5, with committee co-chairs Sarah Marshall and Martha Toro explaining that
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