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To the Editor:
So I see the story about the ground breaking for a new building for the [Berkshire] Humane Society and I can't help but wonder, 'Why are funds and news articles always going to/about the Humane Society?'
Why isn't the Sonsini Shelter given the same funds and publicity? Am I missing something? Sonsini needs a new facility, Sonsini needs funds!
Sally LeBarnes
Hinsdale, Mass.
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Students in Pittsfield and beyond are enjoying their last days of summer before classes begin.
Most Berkshire County teachers return to work this month, and students follow in late August and early September.
For Pittsfield Public Schools, staff returns on Aug. 26 and students' first day is Aug. 31; pre-kindergarten and kindergarten begin school on Sept. 2.
Labor Day is on Monday, Sept. 7.
"The summer is pretty much done, and we will be ready and excited to open the doors in about two and a half weeks,” Superintendent Latifah Phillips told the School Committee on Wednesday.
Phillips is returning this year as the permanent superintendent. She was appointed the interim superintendent last spring, and the School Committee voted to hire her permanently in June.
This year also brings the middle school restructuring, moving fifth grade to the middle school level, and the retirement of Morningside Community School.
Welcome night for Reid Middle School students new to the building is on Aug. 18 at 6 p.m.; Herberg will have a sixth-grade welcome night at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 25, and at the same time on Aug. 26 for fifth grade.
