Egremont Rejects School Merger; Advocates Say 'May Be Options'By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports 03:20PM / Saturday, October 21, 2023 | |
SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Egremont’s special town meeting Saturday morning overwhelmingly rejected a plan that would have merged the Southern Berkshire Regional School District with the Berkshire Hills Regional School District. By a vote of 143-78, members said no to a new Southern Berkshire Hills Regional School District that would have joined the five towns in the SBRSD with the three in the BHRSD and eventually replaced the existing Mount Everett and Monument Mountain high schools with a new 9-12 school on the Monument Mountain campus. The merger of the two districts was dependent on a positive vote in all eight of the proposed member towns. The other 0 Comments Read More >> |