Click on link for press release from 1/11/21 Rep Council meeting.

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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 …

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 …

Link to video here.…

[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 …

[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 …

Click for message from Executive Board on District request to re-open MOA negotiations. …

Dear Members,

It is with a great sense of sorrow that I write to you today to address the events of this week. (Scroll down and cloick on right for full text.)

To quote writer Yaa Gyasi, humans are often …

Thanks go out to all the officers, building reps and rank-and-file members who put in so much time this summer and September to organize, negotiate, answer endless questions and track down answers when research was needed.  And congratulations to a …

During these challenging times, the APEA is continuing to work for our students, our families, our staff, and our community. For full statement, scroll down, click on right. …