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News & Notes: Pittsfield Runs Out of Snow DaysBy Larry Kratka - February 18, 2008
Too Much Snow, Too Few Days
The Pittsfield Public School System has used up all its snow days. From here on, if there is another snow day, that'll will push the last day of school to Thursday, June 26.
The school calendar is always designed with several built-in snow days but this year has seen an unusual number, including three Mondays in a row in December. There is a plan in the works by Assistant Superintendent Jake Eberwein to place all snow days in June.
For instance, the 2009 school year would end on June 17 if no snow days were used. Every snow day used would be tacked onto the calendar after the June 17 date. The School Committee is expected to look over the proposal on Feb. 27.
BCC and Union College Team Up
Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield and Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., are teaming up to provide BCC engineering and computer science students with a clearly defined pathway to pursue a bachelor's degree at Union College.
Under the terms of the agreement, BCC students graduating with an engineering or computer science associate degree would be able to transfer to Union College with junior status. Based on current costs, BCC students who follow this path could save about $80,000 dollars during their pursuit of a bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science.
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