 Mount Greylock Panel Picks Designer for New Athletic FieldAfter interviewing representatives from CHA and SLR Consulting, the committee voted unanimously to authorize the district's administration to enter into negotiations with CHA. Mount Greylock School Committee OKs Selection Process for Field DesignerThe district has been discussing the project in various iterations since shortly after it began moving forward with an addition/renovation project at the middle/high school that concluded in 2018. Mount Greylock Class of 2022 Urged to Know ThemselvesThe Mount Greylock Regional School class of 2022 had to overcome more than a few obstacles on their way to graduation on Saturday.  Mount Greylock Announces Student Speakers for Class of 2022Alayna M. Schwarzer and Anthony J. Welch are the student speakers selected to address the Mount Greylock Regional High School class of 2022 at graduation exercises on Saturday, June 11, at 11 a.m. in the school gymnasium.  Mount Greylock Wellness Students Plant Perennials at SweetwoodThe students rehabbed a garden space at the rear of Sweetwood's campus with brand-new plantings of native perennial plants that residents will be able to enjoy for years to come.  Mount Greylock Seniors Get Sendoff to College Athletic CareersOn Thursday, Swann joined five of her senior classmates in the school's auditorium to celebrate their plans to participate in intercollegiate athletics next year.  State Studying Traffic Near Mount Greylock SchoolThe state Department of Transportation this week had traffic counters on Cold Spring Road north and south of the school's exit onto the U.S. highway as well as a counter in the school's driveway. Mount Greylock Investigating 'Language' Incident at Middle/High SchoolMcCandless' email to the school community noted that the incident has prompted conversations in the district's communities over the last day.  Mount Greylock School District Back to 'Design-Bid-Build' Method for Field ProjectAnd now committee members are encouraging the public to once again weigh in on the plan to build a new synthetic, multisport field on the campus.  Mount Greylock School Committee Hears Criticism of September Vote on Synthetic FieldBut while the committee was not able to take any action on the project at its Thursday meeting, it did hear from critics of the plan to install a synthetic turf multisport field at the middle/high school.  Mount Greylock Shares Detail on Zoom Bombing, Vows Work on Anti-RacismMcCandless revealed that the person who intruded in a high school virtual classroom and played racially offensive music was "a young person of color," but quickly noted that the perpetrator's intent was less relevant than the impact it had on the victims.  Mount Greylock Investigating Racist 'Zoom Bomb' at High SchoolPrincipal Jacob Schutz and Assistant Principal Colin Shebar notified the school community of the Thursday incident in a campuswide email at 4:56 on Thursday, about four hours after the school acknowledged the incident on its Twitter account.  Mount Greylock Group Works to Promote Inclusion in 'Incredibly Undiverse Building'The DEI Working Group of the Mount Greylock School Council hosted a 90-minute virtual conference on Tuesday attended by more than a dozen community residents, including several with ties to other groups addressing the same issues.  Mount Greylock School Committee Moves Forward on Artificial Turf ProjectOn a vote of 4-2, the committee agreed to spend the next week reviewing a year-old list of value engineering items associated with its athletic fields project and to vote as soon as next Thursday to pay its architect to do the detailed design work needed to rebid a project that already came in over budget in the fall of 2019.  Williamstown League of Women Voters Accepting Community Questions For ForumThe Williamstown League of Women Voters is sponsoring candidate forums for the two contested races for the Mount Greylock school committee.  Mount Greylock School Committee Votes Down Remote Learning Start to School YearOn a 6-1 vote, the Mount Greylock School Committee Thursday directed Putnam to submit to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education a radically different plan for the start of the year that moves more children into the school building more quickly than the administration was recommending. |
