Browse past news stories for Amherst School in Amherst, TX.
- Title IX report: Amherst school leaders failed students over LGBTQ+ bullying (2023)
AMHERST — Amherst Regional Public School leaders failed to adequately protect LGBTQ+ students from bullying and ... - Amherst schools bring on armed security for all campuses (2023)
While school resource officers in area schools have traditionally been in just high schools, we told you last fall that ... - Amherst School Committee uncertain about the role of CRESS in schools (2022)
In a district that has discouraged school resource officers and uniformed police from being in school buildings, ... - Watch Now: Amherst school officials nix metric in making masks optional, OK test to stay program (2022)
Face masks will come off in Amherst County Public Schools for those who wish Feb. 22, but some ... - Three seats on Amherst school board draws handful of candidates as filing deadline nears (2021)
A trio of Amherst County School Board seats up for grabs ... - In remote learning dispute, Amherst school board cites report that students are ‘safer in schools than in remote learning’ (2020)
The superintendent's decision last week to close the ... - UMass to pay Amherst $185K per year to cover public school costs (2020)
“The funding addresses the financial impact of K-12 students who live in tax-exempt housing on campus and attend Amherst schools,” UMass said in statement. Amherst ... - Amherst School District On A 2-Hour Delay (2019)
Amherst schools will be on a delay Tuesday. (Patch Media ) AMHERST, NH — The Amherst School District will ... - Amherst School Board proposes budget for 2019-20 (2019)
by PATRICK J. NAGY Reporter The Amherst Central School Board agreed to a proposed $60.1 million spending plan for the 2019-20 school year at the April 9 meeting; the board was expected to adopt it at the April 16 meeting. The proposed spending plan, an increase of $1.6 million from this year’s $58.5 million budget, has no gap between revenues and expenditures and does not reduce programs or opportunities for students, said Laura Bosinski, the school’s business ... - Amherst school committee members sought help from state ... - MassLive.com (2016)
Amherst Regional School Committee member Vira Douangmany Cage and Trevor Baptiste voted against settling a contract dispute with former Superintendent ...Laura Kent, ... - Amherst school officials hoping retreat will help rebuild trust among members - MassLive.com (2016)
AMHERST — With the departure of Superintendent Maria Geryk final and details surrounding the discussions that led to her six-figure settlement public, Amherst Regional S ... - Closed-door minutes: Amherst school committees lawyer advised case involving bought-out Superintendent Maria ... - MassLive.com (2016)
Those were part of the minutes released by the Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee on Tuesday night that chronicled more than 14 hours of executive sessions the committee held in response to Geryk's demand to be released from ... - Hundreds celebrate start of new Amherst school year, not worried about superintendent controversy - MassLive.com (2016)
AMHERST — While news of former Amherst-Pelham School Superintendent Maria Geryk leaving the district amid controversial circumstances has garnered attention in recent weeks, on Tuesday night parents and administrators were only thinking abo ... - Amherst school district to celebrate new year with festivities on Town Common - MassLive.com (2016)
AMHERST — The annual Amherst, Pelham and regional schools First Day Celebration, which has drawn hundreds in years past, will be held Tuesday beginning at 5 p.m. on the ... - Geryk issues statement on departure from Amherst schools - Amherst Bulletin (2016)
Amherst School Committee member Trevor Baptiste, left, speaks Tuesday beside Committee Chair Laura Kent, center, and Sarah Dolven after the committee met in an executive session Aug. 9 to discuss the terms of departur ... - Executive session minutes show 2 Amherst school board members wanted to stand up to school chief - GazetteNET (2016)
Amherst School Committee Chair Laura Kent, left, speaks before the committee entered executive session Wednesday at Amherst Regional High School. Other members are, from left: Tr ... - Amherst School Committee member files complaint to halt superintendent payout - GazetteNET (2016)
AMHERST — Looking to prevent payment of more than $300,000 severance to departing superintendent Maria Geryk, School Committee member Vira Douangmany Cage has filed a consumer complaint with the state attor ... - Amherst school superintendent Geryk to receive $309000 severance - GazetteNET (2016)
Amherst School Committee member Vira Douangmany Cage, right, speaks Tuesday beside Anastasia Ordonez after the committee met in an executive session to discuss the terms of departure for School Superintendent Maria Geryk at Amherst Regional ...Lawyer for Aisha Hiza wants meeting with Am ... - Amherst schools chief Maria Geryk negotiating terms of her departure - GazetteNET (2016)
AMHERST — Amherst's superintendent wants out — and will leave her position if the Amherst-Pelham Regional and Union 26 school committees approve a financial agreement in executive session Tuesday. A confidential memo regarding Superintendent&nb ... - Closed session again planned with Amherst school leader - GazetteNET (2016)
MassLive.comAMHERST — An executive session involving members of the Amherst-Pelham Regional and Union 26 school committees and Superintendent Maria Geryk is scheduled for Monday afternoon. A posting for the meeting on the ... - Amherst school committee cancels executive session, hopes to resolve issue with superintendent soon - MassLive.com (2016)
AMHERST — Another school committee meeting has been cancelled Wednesday night and school officials are hoping to obtain the information they need to reschedule it soon. The j ... - Amherst school boards cancel closed meeting - GazetteNET (2016)
AMHERST – An executive session in which the Amherst-Pelham Regional and Union 26 school committees were to conduct strategy and colle ... - Referendum on Amherst school board election to be on November ballot - Lynchburg News and Advance (2016)
AMHERST — A group leading a push to have Amherst County School Board members elected instead of appointed saw the results of its hard work Monday afternoon as Reg ... - More closed talks by Amherst school boards - GazetteNET (2016)
AMHERST — Members of the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional school committees will continue an executive session that began Wedn ... - Amherst School Board honors retiring longtime employees - Amherst Bee (2016)
The Amherst School Board honored six employees at the June 21 meeting who have worked in the district for a combined 175 years. Larry Arbogast, central ma ... - Amherst schools to receive new sign, scoreboards - Amherst Bee (2016)
The building sign in front of Amherst High School and several new scoreboards in the Amherst Central School District will be receiving a facelift in th ... - Editorial: Facts absent in Amherst school-parent dispute - GazetteNET (2016)
JERREY ROBERTSAmherst School Superintendent Maria Geryk speaks during the fourth forum on reconfiguring the Amherst elementary schools Wednesday at Amherst Regional ... - Parents accused of defrauding Amherst schools out of thousands - fox8.com (2016)
AMHERST, Ohio-- Detectives discovered a couple stole tens of thousands of dollars in tutoring money meant for their son with special needs from the Amherst Exempted Village Schools, according to Amherst police. A grand jury indicted Jaleh S. Saghafi ...Two parents indicted, arrested for de ... - Amherst schools replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day on school calendar - MassLive.com (2016)
Amherst Regional Middle School students want to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People's day movement. From left, Aarti Lamberg, Innis Gallagher, Hillary Atkinson (kneeling) ... - Amherst school budget cuts three jobs - Amherst Bulletin (2016)
AMHERST — The Amherst School Committee this week approved with little discussion a budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 which preserves all jobs ... - Laura Kent, Anastasia Ordonez win seats on Amherst School Committee - MassLive.com (2016)
AMHERST - Laura Kent and Anastasia Ordonez who had not run for elective office in town before beat out Vincent O'Connor for two seats on the School Committee. O'Con ... - Amherst schools chief recommends closing Pleasant View Elementary - Lynchburg News and Advance (2016)
In what he described as an “emotional†... - Things return to normal at Amherst school - Cumberland News Now (2016)
Saying that, she said, it still has to be done within the boundaries of confidentiality and the school's relationship with police. Chief Ian Naylor said Wednesday that police identified a man living in the community who ... - Amherst school is a safe place, say police - Sackville Tribune Post (2016)
There were a significant number of students out of class at Spring Street Academy on Wednesday. Parents held their children out of school after an issue concern around several students was identified ... - Amherst schools submit next OCR report - Lynchburg News and Advance (2016)
The complaint that sparked the agreement between OCR and the school division was filed in spring 2014 in reference to a â&eu ... - Consultant tells Amherst Schools of refinance opportunity - The Morning Journal (2016)
Amherst Schools received bond finance options because of the “great fina ... - Amherst School District facing $2.2M budget gap - Amherst Bee (2015)
The Amherst Central School District is projected to spend more than it is taking in for the upcoming school year. At the Jan. 20 meeting, School Busi ... - Amherst Schools, Town Offices Will Be Closed Tuesday - Patch.com (2015)
As expected, a number of school districts around New Hampshire, including Amherst, have begun cancelling classes for Tuesday, Jan. 27, due to an expected ... - Downed limb on High Street causes Amherst school delays - MassLive.com (2015)
abc40Power was restored to the schools by 5 a.m. by switching around the outage while crews worked to fix the problem, she wrote. "In order to return power back to normal, the schools had to take a brief outage," ... - Parents, students ask Amherst school officials to wait before changing middle ... - MassLive.com (2015)
AMHERST - Parents and students expressed concerns about the proposed schedule changes at the middle school next year during public comment period at Tuesday night's A ...
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