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According to national statistics, children whose parents talk with them regularly about drug use are 42% less likely to use drugs than those whose parents don’t talk with them about drug use.  However, only about 25% of teens report having drug use conversations with their parents. Since 1985, the importance of having drug use conversations…

Understanding The Impact In Pittsfield Since August, the Pittsfield School District School Board, administration, and faculty have been preparing the district’s 2017-2018 proposed budget for presentation to the voters of the district in March 2017.  While the balance between the district’s tax rate and the obligation to provide an education to the children and youth…

The Pittsfield School District proposed budget for the 2018-2019 school year reflects an increase of $517,461 and increases from the current year budget of $10,105,763 to $10,623,224 (an estimated tax rate increase of $1.50/thousand). While this is a greater than usual Pittsfield single-year increase, the ten-year increase (since 2008-2009) has been about 7%, or about half…

Pittsfield Families, Now that we have had some experience with remote learning and realize that we will be utilizing remote learning for at least another month and possibly to the end of the school year, the district is making a number of modifications to our current practices.  We have also looked forward to the remaining…

Pittsfield Families, Well, it’s been quite a spring, hasn’t it? We are very thankful to our families for your support during this challenging time.  We hope that our Pittsfield families are remaining healthy and are looking forward to a positive, if unusual, summer school vacation. This week’s updates follow; reminder, bold titles indicate new information…