Mount Greylock Records To Be Destroyed

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — In accordance with state regulations, all temporary cumulative school and health records for students who have graduated from or left Mount Greylock Regional School during the 2016-2017 school year will be destroyed on Friday, August 23, 2024.  
 
State regulations require that student records be destroyed seven years after the student graduates.  However, the high school transcript that includes the grades for the four years of high school is maintained for 60 years following graduation.
 
Any student who is interested in retrieving their records before destruction should contact the Counseling Office at (413)458-9582 ext.1250. 
 
Students who received services from the Special Education Department (Pupil Personnel Services) should contact the Special Education (Pupil Personnel) office at 413-458-9582 ext. 2050 for an appointment to pick up any other records.
 
Note that parents cannot request the records of their student without a signed letter giving permission. Otherwise, the student can only request their records in writing or in person.
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Cross-Commonwealth Walk Highlights Fight to Change State Flag

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A small but growing group of activists from around New England on Friday began a planned three-week trek across the commonwealth to deliver a message to Gov. Maura Healey.
 
David Detmold, 69, of Montague, is the leader of an effort to raise awareness about the Massachusetts Indigenous legislative agenda.
 
On Friday afternoon, he took a break after hiking from the New York State line to talk about that agenda in the shadow of the Williamstown Meetinghouse, home of the First Congregational Church.
 
Detmold said the group's objectives boil down to three main points: listen to Native nations, defend sacred homelands, honor all people.
 
On the first goal, a major point of emphasis is a decades-long campaign to change the Massachusetts state flag.
 
As the group makes its way east toward the State House in Boston, it is handing out literature explaining some of its causes, including one that breaks down the objectionable elements of the commonwealth's seal, which adorns the flag.
 
One element that jumps out: the image of what appears to be a colonialist wielding a sword above the image of a Native American.
 
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