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Mount Greylock School Committee Votes Slight Increase to Proposed AssessmentsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:38AM / Monday, March 18, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee on Thursday voted unanimously to slightly increase the assessment to the district's member towns from the figures in the draft budget presented by the administration. The School Committee opted to lower the use of Mount Greylock's reserve account by $70,000 and, instead, increase by that amount the share of the fiscal year 2025 operating budget shared proportionally by Lanesborough and Williamstown taxpayers. The budget prepared by the administration and presented to the School Committee at its annual public hearing on Thursday included $665,000 from the district's Excess and Deficiency >> Read More |
Williams College Museum Envisions Natural Setting, Sustainability FocusStaff Reports,
05:32PM / Thursday, March 07, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The new Williams College Museum of Art will be an airy cluster of programming spaces surrounding a central hub for gatherings. The single-story structure is designed to harmonize with the natural setting across from Field Park, on the former site of the Williams Inn. It is projected to open in 2027, in line with the museum's centennial. The design by Brooklyn-based firm SO–IL were released on Thursday. A public forum about the museum building project will be held at onat the new Williams Inn on Spring Street. The museum has served the college as a primary teaching resource, the community and art-lovers over the >> Read More |
Mount Greylock Regional High School Honor Roll| 03:37PM / Wednesday, March 06, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.— Mount Greylock Regional School District 2023-2024 2nd Quarter Honor Roll. The total school enrollment is 553 of which 332 have made Honor Roll for the 2nd quarter. Ava Anagnos, Lex Anagnos, Thomas Art, Jude Bakija, Phoebe Barnes, Liam Berryman, Mirabel Boyer, Jacqueline Brannan, Emma Brennan, Jose Brito, Kaylie Bryan, Dominic Carnevale, , Sylvie Clowes, Levi Cohen-McFall, Julia DeChaine, Benjamin Dingman, Karlie Dowling, Emily Dupuis, Olivia Filiault, Belen Galvez,, Louis Gotlieb, Che Guerra, Emma Kate Hane, Phoebe Hughes, Jason Jaros, Shea Johnson, Talia Kapiloff, Ece Karakaya, Erin Keating, Ryan Keating, Luka Lash-St. John, Caleb Low, Cecilia >> Read More |
Mount Greylock District to Towns: 'We're Going to Need Help'By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:52AM / Tuesday, March 05, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School District officials are predicting budgetary storm clouds in years to come even as they prepare a fiscal year 2025 spending plan that may seem placid to town officials and town meeting voters this spring. At a special meeting of the School Committee to hold a budget workshop, Assistant Superintendent Joseph Bergeron last week showed the panel a draft FY25 budget that calls for a 3.01 increase in the assessment to Lanesborough and a 3.54 percent hike for Williamstown. That would represent about the same increase Lanesborough saw for FY24, the fiscal year that ends on June 30. And in Williamstown, where the assessment >> Read More |
Mount Greylock Regional School Presents 'Kiss Me, Kate' | 08:00AM / Monday, February 26, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School will present the musical "Kiss Me, Kate" on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Feb. 29, March 1, and March 2, 2024, at 7 p.m. in the school's auditorium at 1781 Cold Spring Road in Williamstown. Accordding to a press release: In this hilarious play within a play, sparks fly as a divorced couple find themselves starring opposite each other in a musical version of William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew." Bella and Sam Spewack wrote the book, with music and lyrics by the legendary Cole Porter. The show won the very first Tony Award for best musical in 1949 for beloved classics like >> Read More |
Clark Art Offers Activities During School Vacation Week | 08:00AM / Wednesday, February 14, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.— From Monday, Feb. 19 through Friday, Feb. 23, the Clark Art Institute hosts special activities during February School Vacation Week. Every day this week, visitors can also pick up a set of complimentary colored pencils and a drawing pad at the Clark Center Admissions desk. Admission is free for all visitors through March 31, 2024. Feb. 22, 2–4 pm Clark Center, Michael Conforti Pavilion Learn more about the photographic printing process. Drop in anytime from 2–4 pm and experiment with light-sensitive paper to make your own cyanotype. Feb. 23, 1 & 2 pm Clark Center, Family Room In these guided workshops, >> Read More |
Mount Greylock Superintendent to Work on Culture Shift Over Next 3 YearsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:55AM / Tuesday, February 13, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School Superintendent has goals for the next three years that he characterized as simple yet profound. "I think somebody could look at this and say, 'OK, Dr. McCandless, you are the Mayor of Simpleton,'" Jason McCandless said last week, referencing a single from the English rock group XTC. "'You want kids to be nice to one another, and you want them to show up at school. Big deal.' "It is a big deal." McCandless made that comment toward the end of a presentation on his goals to the Mount Greylock Regional School Committee at its Feb. 8 meeting. McCandless told the >> Read More |
Pine Cobble School to Host Open House| 12:32PM / Wednesday, January 31, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Pine Cobble School will host its annual winter open house from 5 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8. The free event coincides this year with the school's Winter Warm-Up (5:30–6:30), during which Pine Cobble students, families, and friends gather for activities and at which Open House attendees are welcome to stay. Open to all families, the Open House gives parents and guardians a chance to tour the school's eighteen-acre, historic campus; learn about the school's curriculum, arts and sports programs, and more; meet with teachers, administrators, and current Pine Cobble families; and get any questions answered about the school. >> Read More |
Williams College Testing for Geothermal Capacity at New Museum SiteBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
12:59PM / Wednesday, January 17, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College is doing the ground work for a new art museum at the former site of the Williams Inn. Actually, it is doing the underground work. This winter, the college is drilling a test well near the Field Park rotary to assess the terrain's capacity to produce geothermal energy for the planned museum. A crew from Armonk, N.Y.'s, Brightcore Energy has been working on the site, setting the stage for a project that could supply a significant percentage of the heating and cooling needs for the museum the college is planning to replace the current facility at Lawrence Hall. "The location of the test well is in the range >> Read More |
Mount Greylock School Committee Holds Initial FY25 Budget TalkBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:39AM / Tuesday, January 16, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School District administration is forecasting a fiscal year 2025 budget with little room for additional programming in the preK-12 district. "This is likely one of those budget years when we'll be focusing hard on what we have to do and not as much on what we'd like to do," Superintendent Jason McCandless told the School Committee last week. "Any additions, particularly around staffing, will likely have to be met with proportionate reductions elsewhere." Assistant Superintendent Joseph Bergeron, who also serves as the district's budget director, walked the committee members through what he >> Read More |
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