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Superintendent Aaron Dean stands with principal Erin Beaulac.
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The former CT Plunkett School was renamed Hoosac Valley Elementary School.
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Hoosac Valley Elementary Unveils New Sign

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The school community gathered Friday morning on the school's front lawn.

ADAMS, Mass. — On Friday morning the Hoosac Valley Elementary School community gathered on the school's lawn to welcome the school's first sign.

Nearly seven years ago, Cheshire Elementary School and CT Plunkett Elementary School joined together to become Hoosac Valley Elementary School. After the closing of Cheshire Elementary School, the school district voted to rename CT Plunkett as Hoosac Valley Elementary School. 

"At HVES, we share the importance of identity and belonging in every classroom as part of our Responsive Classroom approach," Principal Erin Beaulac said in a statement Friday. "Every student is called by their name and everyone is a part of our community. With that being said, we felt it was very important for our school's exterior to match our school's interior. There hasn't been a sign of the school's name on the outside of the building. This morning, all of that changed."


 

 

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Adams Open Space Plan Nears Completion Following Community Input

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff

The final forum was held at the Greylock Glen Outdoor Center.
ADAMS, Mass. — The Open Space and Recreation plan is nearly complete after months of development and community input. 
 
After reviewing the 2019 plan, collecting feedback from a survey of 291 residents, holding three rounds of forums, and making multiple revisions, the OSRP committee narrowed this iteration of the plan to four main goals.
 
The plan acts as a "roadmap" for the town with goals and action items that preserve and improve lands and recreation assets, documents community priorities, and positions Adams for state grant eligibility, said Seth Jenkins, Berkshire Regional Planning Commission senior community planner at the third and final meeting on Earth Day last month at the Greylock Glen Outdoor Center.
 
The document also serves as an example for community members to show that they are always trying to make the town a better place and they are hearing them out. 
 
The document also serves as a way to show residents that officials are continually working to make the town a better place and are actively listening to community feedback, said Matt Burdick, OSRP member, Conservation Commissioner, and state Department of Conservation and Recreation employee. 
 
"Everyone in Adams had a chance to fill out the survey, they could have come up here. They could all put their feedback in. It's not just like one group gets to choose what happens for everyone. We listen to everybody's input. That's a big community thing," he said.
 
The goals presented were: 
  • develop and maintain multi-use and multi-generational recreational opportunities,
  • protect, manage, and promote natural attractions and conservation areas,
  • protect, promote, and manage historic, agricultural, and cultural resources, 
  • explore, encourage, and enhance connectivity and communication within the town and to neighboring communities. 
The document will be available on the town website once approved by the state and will go before the Select Board for endorsement. 
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