Greg Sukiennik

1 day ago | berkshireeagle.com | Greg Sukiennik

PITTSFIELD — Outgoing Superintendent Joseph Curtis started his education career as a teacher at Silvio O. Conte Community School in 1994. He was a 21-year-old Springfield College graduate who wasn’t sure how long he’d remain in the city. He never left. And Wednesday, during his last School Committee meeting, Curtis noted that the City Council approved up to $2 million for a feasibility study of a new elementary school to replace Conte and Crosby Elementary School.

2 days ago | berkshireeagle.com | Greg Sukiennik

PITTSFIELD — The School Committee has approved plans to restructure its secondary school program starting in 2026-27, turning its two middle schools into a grade 5-6 upper elementary and a grade 7-8 middle school. Now that the overhaul may start in earnest, the clock is ticking. That’s because the committee’s unanimous approval came with a requirement that as of December, the project checklist will be on time, or the move will wait another year.

5 days ago | berkshireeagle.com | Greg Sukiennik

PITTSFIELD — It’s been a school year full of big decisions for the Pittsfield School Committee. But Wednesday’s meeting presents perhaps the biggest decision they'll make this year: Should the district commit to fundamentally changing the way it has delivered middle-grade education since the 1980s? A middle-school restructuring plan before the committee would create a city-wide upper elementary school for grades five and six and a single city middle school for grades seven and eight.

1 week ago | berkshireeagle.com | Greg Sukiennik

PITTSFIELD — Ian Brown, the assistant principal for career, vocational and technical education at Monument Mountain Regional High School, has been appointed the new principal at Herberg Middle School. In an email to Herberg parents on Friday afternoon, Jennifer Stokes, the assistant superintendent for school transformation and accountability, said the appointment takes effect July 7. Brown was assistant principal at Monument for a year.

1 week ago | berkshireeagle.com | Greg Sukiennik

PITTSFIELD — The report on allegations of misconduct by educators at Pittsfield High School — allegations that investigators and the state Department of Children and Families largely found to be “unsupported” — has been ruled exempt from the state's public records law. The Public Records Division of the Secretary of State’s office, having reviewed the full Bulkley Richardson & Gelinas report privately, determined that it is exempt and need not be released by the Pittsfield School Committee.