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8 Town Regional School District Planning Board (RSDPB) February 2023 update:
8 Town Regional School District Planning Board GET THE FACTS. BE INFORMED. YOU DECIDE. 8 Town Regional School District Planning Board (RSDPB) February 2023 update: Merger Model under Consideration: In April 2022, the 8 Town Board voted (16 to 6) to continue to develop the merger model recommended by our research team – merging the Berkshire Hills Regional School District and the Southern Berkshire Regional School District into a single preK-12 district, maintaining the existing elementary and middle schools as they are, but creating a new merged 9-12 high school to be built on the Great Barrington campus. CVTE Focus: […]
PUBLIC HEARING: FY24 Budget
Public Hearing – FY24 Budget In accordance with MGL ch.71, sec. 38n, the Berkshire Hills Regional School District School Committee will open the Public Hearing on its proposed FY24 Budget on Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 6:00pm. The meeting will be hybrid and will be held in-person and virtual. All interested parties shall be given an opportunity to be heard for or against the whole or any part of the budget. Reference: Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association website: masspublicnotices.org
RSDPB Update – January 2023
8 Town Regional School District Planning Board Here is our most recent update (January 2023): Merger Model under Consideration: In April, the 8 Town Board voted (16 to 6) to continue to develop the merger model recommended by our research team – merging the Berkshire Hills Regional School District and the Southern Berkshire Regional School District into a single preK-12 district, maintaining the existing elementary and middle schools as they are, but creating a new merged 9-12 high school to be built on the Great Barrington campus. Transportation Report: We received an encouraging report from our outside transportation consultant about the effect […]
2022 Rural Intelligence Readers’ Choice Winners
2022 Rural Intelligence Readers’ Choice Winners December 6, 2022 Issue – Rural Intelligence It’s time to see the winners. Readers voted almost 60,000 times for businesses in Litchfield, Berkshires, Dutchess, and Columbia counties. The results are not only enlightening; they are also a guide to everything regional. That includes everything from where to eat, drink and shop; who to hire for wedding, home and financial services, to which organizations to consider supporting or to taking a class from. Thank you to everyone who participated — readers and nominees alike — and a big RI hug to all the winners. Click […]