Northampton School Committee selected Anna Maria Azarloza from three candidates as its preferred superintendent. The panel voted 6-3-1 to choose Azarloza over Dr. Thomas Danehy and Dr. Bethany Silver in a formal roll call process.
The Northampton School Committee held interviews for superintendent on April 28 with two candidates, Anna Maria Azarloza and Dr. Bethany Silver.
The Northampton School Committee interviewed superintendent candidate Dr. Thomas Danehy at its April 27 special meeting. All 10 committee members attended and asked 17 prepared questions covering budgeting, equity, team building, special education, and other district matters.
Northampton schools approve $56.3 million budget for fiscal year 2027, seek supplemental funding. The School Committee voted 5-1 to approve the FY27 operating budget of $56,317,261, which includes a $50,372,969 city appropriation, a $166,666 donation from Smith College, and $235,310 from special
Northampton School Committee approves $56.7 million strong FY 27 budget. The Committee voted 9-0 to approve the $56,774,495 strong budget, with Mayor Sciarra abstaining, adding special education teachers, reading and math interventionists, and a dean of students position across the district. Mayor
Northampton School Committee opts for study over family advisory council. At its procedural retreat, the committee voted 5-3-1 to form an ad hoc committee examining family engagement approaches and gaps in consultation with the new superintendent, rejecting Members Anat Weisenfreund and Renika
Northampton School Committee held public hearing on FY27 budget with testimony focused on technology spending and staffing adequacy. The Committee heard more than a dozen speakers, including teachers and parents, who opposed a proposed $1 million investment in expanding the one-to-one Chromebook
Northampton School Committee approves tiered aftercare fees and YMCA memorandum process after five-hour meeting. Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra and the committee heard three fiscal 2027 budget scenarios ranging from $46.4 million to $50.7 million as Superintendent Bonner, concluding her tenure, called
Northampton School Committee approves $1800 retreat facilitator over member objections. The Committee voted 7-2, with one present vote, to hire Tracy Novick of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees to facilitate a March 30 retreat, with Member Alena Bartoli sponsoring the motion and
Northampton School Committee approves revised calendar and accepts $290,317 midyear appropriation. The Committee voted unanimously to adopt the 2026-2027 calendar, which begins August 26 with kindergarteners starting August 31 and ends June 11, after NASE requested an earlier start date. In a 6-2
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