Representative Council Meeting Monday, March 8 (4-6PM). Once again, there is much to talk about. Last week Massachusetts Education Commissioner Riley called for 5 day a week in person elementary school by April. Now our own School Committee has voted …
Proactive Planning for In-Person
The APEA has formed a committee of educators to proactively plan for safe, equitable, and pedagogically sound in-person opportunities for all grade levels. The committee met for the first time on Tuesday, February 16. This was one week before Governor …
Librarians from Amherst Schools deliver books to kids!
Susan Wells, a teacher and librarian at Wildwood Elementary school in Amherst, loads her car with bags of books to deliver to students who attend the school in lieu of coming into the library. —Hampshire Gazette STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS (10/25/20)
…Standing Committees Need Volunteers
APEA members please consider joining one of these committees. You can contact us through the website here or over your email.
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Rep Council Approves Sideletters on Limited In-Person(Press Release)
COVID testing/UMass Students Returning
1/8/21: ARPS district has rapid symptomatic testing only for students and staff who are doing in-person learning/teaching.
Asymptomatic testing is offered by UMass and CVS Minute Clinic in Amherst.
Robbin Suprenant is Nurse Manager for the district.
MASSLIVE article on …
Moving Forward, Safely
In the past, the APEA has declined to respond directly to School Committee statements in the press, as we believe that our work as educators is to serve our students and that our time is best spent there. In that …
Over 100 local educators’ unions across MA vote No Confidence in Riley
Link to video here.…
A Message from APEA to the Community
[for complete text, scroll down and click on right.] We want to thank the families of our Amherst-Pelham Schools for your support of our efforts in educating your students. We want to acknowledge the important role of families in partnering …
Message from Executive Board on Vote to Stay with Current MOA
[Scroll down and click on right for entire text.] The Representative Council for the Amherst Pelham Education Association (APEA) met on October 26, 2020, to discuss the request by the School Committees to reopen negotiations on the current MOA. After …