Town Meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday; Special Town Meeting at 9:30 a.m. GR EG RUT H A N A L L-VO LU N T E E R N O N - P RO F I T MO N T H LY N E W S PA P E R SI N C E 1 9 7 6 VO L M M X X V N O 5 M AY 2 0 2 5 F R E E TO R ESI D E N T S Sweeping Changes Pitched...
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Town Meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday; Special Town Meeting at 9:30 a.m. GR EG RUT H A N A L L-VO LU N T E E R N O N - P RO F I T MO N T H LY N E W S PA P E R SI N C E 1 9 7 6 VO L M M X X V N O 5 M AY 2 0 2 5 F R E E TO R ESI D E N T S Sweeping Changes Pitched For Mohawk Panel Proposes Closing Sanderson by peyton fleming Sanderson Academy in Ashfield is one step closer to closing, but the final decision is still in the hands of Ashfield voters. A vote on the town’s sentiment, while not binding, will occur at the Annual Town Meeting, on Saturday, May 3. Citing rising costs and declining enrollments, the 2Districts8Towns Steering Committee is recommending that all four of the elementary schools in the sprawling Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont Regional school districts, including Sanderson Academy, be closed and consoli- dated onto a single campus at the Mohawk Trail Regional School (MTRS) over the next five to seven years. The recommendation, approved in a 12-to-1 vote in mid-April, calls for the
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