Pelham Rallies in Support of Rural Schools

Rural schools speak up about funding challenges

Last week, 36 school districts across the state sounded the alarm about their funding woes in what they called the Rural and Declining Enrollment Schools Week of Action.  “It’s a death spiral,” Martha Thurber, the chair of the Mohawk Trail Regional School Committee, said of the fiscal crisis that schools face when their enrollment declines. “What you end up ultimately with is a shell of a school that’s providing only the very, very basics.” That…

Pelham Rallies in Support of Rural Schools

As part of Rural Schools Week of Action, the Pelham Elementary Parent Teacher Organization hosted a community advocacy event on March 13 in the Pelham Elementary School gym. The meeting included a presentation by Massachusetts Association of School Committees representative Tracy Novick on advocacy for beginners. State Senator Jo Comerford, Pelham Elementary parents, grandparents, students,