BArT Enrollment Deadline Nov. 3

ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts and Technology (BART) Charter Public School is currently accepting applications for students in grades 6 through 9 for the 2022-2023 school year. 

The next enrollment deadline for the 2022-2023 school year for grades 6 through 9 is Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. The easiest way to apply is to click here or visit https://www.bartcharter.org/apps/form/Enrollment-Form.

Interested families should note that the best way to secure a seat, or a desirable waitlist spot for the 2022-2023 school year is to apply before the Nov. 3 deadline.

Applications for the 2023-2024 school year are not yet open. More information on that will come later this month.

More information on the school’s enrollment and lottery process can be found at www.bartcharter.org. Interested families should contact the school at 413-743-7311 ext 732 or enrollment@bartcharter.org. Please reach out to the Enrollment Team with any questions.

Adams Town Meeting OKs $19M Fiscal 2025 Budget; Glen Articles Trigger Debate

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
09:50PM / Monday, June 03, 2024

Town Meeting member John Cowie held five articles for further discussion during Monday's annual town meeting. 

ADAMS, Mass. — Town meeting members on Monday night passed a $19 million operating budget for fiscal 2025 along with assessments to the two regional school districts.

 

One hundred and six of the 150 town meeting members, enough for a quorum, attended the annual town meeting held in the Memorial Building. 

 

All articles passed overwhelmingly, most unanimously, but several sparked some discussion and explanations when held by Town Meeting member John Cowie and Selectman Joseph Nowak, particularly those related to the Greylock Glen.

 

Adams uses a consent calendar, or the grouping of articles by topic, to be voted on at once. Any town meeting member can call for one or more articles to be held out of the vote for further discussion. 

 

The town budget totals $18,830,525, up 3.49 percent, or $634,334, over this year. The proposed operating budget is $9,845,854, up $286,172, or 2.95 percent, and includes expenses for utilities, repairs, maintenance, supplies, services and programming, and a significant investment in technology.

 

The Hoosac Valley Regional School District assessment to the town is $6,345,380, of which $662,000 is the annual payment on the high school building project. The assessment to the Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational School District (McCann Technical School) is $1,063,774.

 

The warrant also had a long list of spending articles from stabilization, free cash and other accounts; a bylaw requiring dogs be leashed; and the creation of two funds — a sewer enterprise fund and a Greylock Glen revolving fund — that raised questions from town meeting members.