BArT Names New Principal

06:00PM / Wednesday, February 02, 2022Print Story | Email Story

ADAMS, Mass. The Berkshire Arts & Technology (BArT) Charter Public School announced the selection of Erin Hattaway as the School's Principal.

"Erin is the epitome of the role of Principal at BART," said Jay White, BART's Executive Director. "Educated and vigorously curious to be sure, she is indefatigable in her devotion to our students' learning, to their care and nurturing, and to providing settings where they reach and grow and let their creativity loose. Similarly, she is the colleague we educators all want: supportive, encouraging, and always optimistic. I am delighted that Erin Hattaway is BART's new Principal and look forward to BART's future with her in the role."

The Principal Search Committee, which included members of BART's faculty and staff, parents, and Board of Trustees, conducted a search that drew applicants from around the country.

Hattaway has been in the Interim Principal role since October 2021. Before that, she served as the Assistant Principal for over 6 years. Additionally, Hattaway served for several years as the coordinator for BART's English Language Learner's (ELL) program, the Learning Services program, and as an English Language Arts teacher.

Hattaway holds degrees from UMass Amherst: a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Philosophy and a Master of Arts degree in Education with a focus on Bilingual, ESL, and Multicultural Education. In addition, she earned Restorative Practices Practitioner and Trainer certification through the International Institute of Restorative Practices.

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North Berkshire School Study Encouraging Stakeholders to Take Survey

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
07:22AM / Saturday, October 03, 2026

CHESHIRE, Mass. — The consultants behind the education study for North Berkshire are hoping for solid responses to its recently released survey.

The survey, released last week, can be found here.

"Our goal is somewhere between 5 and 10 percent overall survey responses, which is somewhere between 2,000 and 4,000 responses," project manager Jake Eberwein told the steering committee for the North Berkshire Educational Sustainability Study at Wednesday's meeting at Hoosac Valley High School.

This is the next phase of the study of secondary education in North County being undertaken through state funding and conducted by Berkshire Educational Consulting Group, Berk12.

"Our first phase was project awareness, and that was really our you know attempt to meet the school committees, select boards, and we wrapped that up this past Monday in Williamstown," Berk12 researcher Brendan Sheran said. "And certainly, we'll be doing more of that going back out probably in the midyear or springtime. But in terms of info gathering, really, the data collection — that's where we are now."

The community survey was launched through sharing on social media, the group's stakeholder list, the press, and the district partners, which are distributing it to educators, parents and students. The window is expected to close on Friday, Oct. 9, but Sheran said they can be flexible with the date.

The survey takes about seven to 10 minutes and is open to those in the Hoosac Valley Regional and Mount Greylock Regional school districts and in North Adams, Clarksburg, Florida and Savoy.

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