Our New Hampshire Senate Finance Committee is finalizing their work on the state’s budget for the upcoming two years.  This Committee will then make recommendations to the full Senate for action. One issue that has been raised many times in the budget development process since the early part of the year is school funding.  Our…

Pittsfield Families, Our Pittsfield school community is enjoying a great week of Zoom and on-site celebrations as we bring a close to a very unusual school year. We thank all our students, family and friends, staff, and community members for celebrating our students’ many achievements and milestones.  The celebrating will conclude with our annual commencement…

Below, please find links to three articles written by Emily Richmond, who is the public editor for the National Education Writers Association. Putting Students in Charge to Close the Achievement Gap Learning More Outside of the Classroom than In What happens when instead of suspensions, kids talk out their mistakes?

Well, the new school year, new students, new families, new staff, new program offerings: lots of new things in our Pittsfield schools this year.  Here’s my Top 12 answers to the question What’s new in the schools this year: New Students and New Families. We welcome many new students and families to our Pittsfield Schools…

Pittsfield Families, Thanks to the flexibility, cooperation, and kindness of so many, our students have concluded the district’s 2019-2020 school year.  These have been an extraordinary few weeks, and the positive, can-do spirit of our Pittsfield school community has contributed to making these last few months as productive as possible for the learning of our…