Berkshire Vaccine Collaborative Launches Website

04:00PM / Friday, January 29, 2021Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Vaccine Collaborative has announced the launch of a new website containing comprehensive information on how to access the Berkshire area COVID-19 vaccination clinics.

The new site, www.getvaccinatedberkshires.org, was developed to provide a consolidated resource with information about the COVID-19 vaccines, to provide resources on the state's Vaccination Phases and vaccine availability, and to aid the public in making appointments at the three large mass vaccination clinic sites in the Berkshires.

The Berkshire Vaccine Collaborative has established vaccination sites in Pittsfield at the Berkshire Community College Field House, in Great Barrington at the WEB Du Bois Middle School and in North Adams at St. Elizabeth of Hungary's Parish Center. Vaccine clinics are now scheduled for early February to begin vaccinations for the first part of Phase 2, which includes anyone aged 75 and older.

The Berkshire Vaccine Collaborative estimates that there are approximately 18,000 Berkshire residents who are 75 and older, and based on the current distribution of vaccine by the State of Massachusetts, it is likely to take several weeks before completion of Phase 2-A. Clinics will be held weekly based on availability of the vaccine from the Commonwealth.

The website will be updated regularly as more clinics are scheduled throughout February and the coming months and as the state continues to move through Phase 2 and into Phase 3, which is estimated to run through the remainder of winter and into the spring.

The Berkshire Vaccine Collaborative is a partnership between Berkshire Health Systems, Community Health Programs, the Berkshire County Boards of Health Association and public health nurses.

The website is www.getvaccinatedberkshires.org.

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Pittsfield Schools to Reconsider Communication Policy

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
12:33PM / Wednesday, October 07, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Pittsfield Public Schools will revisit its cell phone and personal communication policies to ensure there are clear expectations.

A mother had reported that an educator gathered student contact information, such as personal email and phone number, via a new school year form and wasn't pleased with the administration's response.

After some heated testimony at the Sept. 23 School Committee meeting, the Policy subcommittee was charged with reassessing and clarifying the district's rules for electronic communication with staff.

Superintendent Latifah Phillips has heard that parents want informed consent when their child's information is collected; this was confirmed by caregivers who spoke during public comment at the subcommittee meeting on Tuesday at the Mercer Administration Building.

"The intention is for us to update the policy to have an expectation and requirement that parents are informed about when we need to collect student information," Phillips said.

"I think the other piece around information we still need to gather is what are all of the ways that staff are needing to contact students so that we can know that whatever we write, it's broad enough for everyone's appropriate needs."

The administration will return in November with new proposed language to clear any grey areas.

Phillips recognized times where it might be appropriate to collect student contact information, such as for field trips, clubs, athletics, or in Career Technical Education programs. She thinks there is a way PPS can get informed consent and meet the needs of staff, "which are, in most cases, well-intentioned."

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