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The hornet behind the bleachers at McCann Technical School.
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The large screen allows for presentations and updates during games and other events.
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The School Committee got to see some of the graphics and images that can be portrayed on the screen.
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The school's main entrance welcomes everyone to 'The Hive.'

McCann Tech Debuts New Look for Mascot, Gym

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The new hornet mascot with the M and T incorporated into the look. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — McCann Technical School has made some dramatic changes to its gym over the past few months. 
 
A giant hornet peeks over the bleachers and a "jumbotron" calls out stats and cheers. 
 
Superintendent James Brosnan took the School Committee to check out the new look after Thursday's meeting.
 
The colors are black and green and the school's hornet mascot now incorporates a stylized M and T for McCann Tech. The new wall padding is black with the hornet logo and "Welcome to the Hive" on it and the wall behind the bleachers is painted in the new colors.
 
The large screen is directly across from the bleachers and the demonstration for the committee had images and information of each member of the boys' basketball team (practicing that night) along with cheers "to get the crowd going," said Brosnan.
 
The superintendent said the school didn't have a place where it could do presentations or other schoolwide audiovisual gatherings because it didn't have an auditorium.
 
"This gives us a place to come together," he said.
 
The new decor also includes the front entrance, where the wall has been painted McCann green with "Welcome to the Hive" signage.
 
The equipment and signage was paid for through a combination of grants and budget expenditures.

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Candidates Sought for Vacant North Adams School Committee Seat

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Committee is seeking candidates to fill a vacancy on the committee. 
 
Letters of interest should be submitted to Bobbi Tassone, administrative assistant to the superintendent, at btassone@napsk12.org by 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 6. 
 
The School Committee and City Council will hear from candidates and vote for the new committee member at the council's regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 13.
 
The schedule presented by Mayor Jennifer Macksey was approved at the School Committee's meeting on Tuesday. 
 
The successful candidate will fill the four-year seat won by Chelsey Lyn Ciolkowski in the Nov. 4 election. Ciolkowski withdrew from consideration but not before her name was printed on the ballot, and she earned enough votes for third place in the four-way race for three seats. 
 
School Committee member Richard Alcombright questioned the timing of the process as there is not a vacancy until Jan. 1, and that, technically, Ciolkowski has not resigned.
 
Alcombright is not returning to the committee; his colleagues Emily Daunis and David Sookey both won re-election.
 
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