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Paras Need Living Wage Now!

July 24, 2021

Paras Need Living Wage Now!

Click HERE to voice your advocacy for a paraeducator living wage raise!  

The Amherst-Pelham School Districts’ paraeducators support our most vulnerable students. Yet they are some of the lowest paid workers in the area. Many paraeducators do not earn enough …

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Support MTA-Backed Early Retirement Proposal

June 14, 2021

Click here to send a letter to your state legislator to support this early retirement proposal. 

The legislation, filed by Senator John Velis (D-Westfield) and Representative Carol Doherty (D-Taunton), provides eligible MTRS members with an option to purchase up to …

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Urgent Action Needed on Behalf of Paraeducators!

June 5, 2021

Click HERE to voice your advocacy for a paraeducator living wage raise!  

School Committee meets about it on Tuesday, June 8th and they need to hear from you before 3PM that day!

The Amherst-Pelham School Districts’ paraeducators support our most …

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Fair Compensation for Education’s Front-Line Workers

May 27, 2021

The APEA stands by the right of fair compensation for education’s front-line workers — teachers, paraprofessionals, and clerical workers of the Amherst Pelham School District. Nationally, working people’s wallets have been hit hard this year–consumer prices increased by 4.2%…

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Returning to in-person!

May 5, 2021

Find important details on the Members Only tab, including meeting information (under upcoming meetings) and a Health and Safety Issues survey for JMLSC.

The Meeting Minutes page is accessible to members under the MEMBERS ONLY tab. You first need to …

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District Safety Measures–Update

March 28, 2021

UPDATE: SINCE THE APEA CALLED FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY FROM THE DISTRICT ON SAFETY MEASURES DURING THE RETURN TO BUILDINGS, THE APEA AND DISTRICT HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER ON CLEAR PROTOCOLS THAT ALIGN WITH CURRENT SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS BETWEEN …

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APEA Planning for In-Person

March 10, 2021

At a meeting of the APEA Representative Council on Monday evening, members of the APEA expressed great care for their students as well as concern over the rapidly approaching deadlines of return to in-person learning in the Amherst-Pelham School District. …

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School Committee Votes to Return to In-Person

March 5, 2021

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 …

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Proactive Planning for In-Person

March 3, 2021

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 …

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Librarians from Amherst Schools deliver books to kids!

February 22, 2021

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)
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