Division VI Legislative Forum

Join MASC Division VI for a Legislative Forum on October 1, 2018 at which the full District VI delegation will be present:

• Sen. Adam Hinds, State Senator, representing Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin & Hampden Districts
• Rep. John Barrett, State Representative for the 1st Berkshire District
• Rep. Paul Mark, State Representative for the 2nd Berkshire District
• Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier, State Representative for the 3rd Berkshire District
• Rep. Smitty Pignatelli, State Representative for the 4th Berkshire District

The forum will take place at Lee High/Middle School (300 Greylock St, Lee, MA 01238) at 6 pm on October 1.

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MASC Student Leaders Workshop (September 15, 2018)

In conjunction with the September 15 new member orientation for school committee members, MASC is hosting a special program for student school committee members and other student leaders interested in the work of school committees.

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2018 Summer Institute - Download Presentations

The handouts and presentation slides for many of the sessions at the MASC 2018 Summer Institute are now available for download.

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MASC 2018 Summer Institute

Back by popular demand!

Let MASC’s summer learning program launch you to success (and enhanced student achievement) in the upcoming school year.

Everything you need to know about:

• School/district accountability update
• Social/emotional learning in an academic setting
• Goal setting
• High school start times
• Restorative justice
• School and student safety

All this in six (centrally located, air-conditioned) hours in July, and your meetings this Fall will glide along like a summer breeze. Register for one day or both, but register. You will thank yourself for the rest of the year.

Presentations and handouts now available for download! Get them here.

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MASC Student Leaders Workshop (May 19, 2018)

In conjunction with the May 19 new member orientation for school committee members, MASC is hosting a special program for student school committee members and other student leaders interested in the work of school committees.

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Day on the Hill 2018 - Education Reform: The Next 25 Months

This spring, as Massachusetts celebrates the many accomplishments of the past 25 years of education reform, school leaders are also focusing on a much shorter time frame: the next 12-25 months. School budgets continue to exceed the state’s foundation budget formula and an increasing number of districts find themselves unable to make up the difference.

Across the Commonwealth, the funding gap that the 1993 Reform Act was designed to close has been torn open, increasing the inequities between communities that can sustain quality education programs despite rising health and pension costs and the unanticipated expenses of providing education and support services to growing numbers of students in need and communities that can’t. Special education and regional transportation budgets have also been devastated over the past few years as state funding has failed to keep pace with the cost of services. And this fall, new accountability and assessment requirements will add to districts’ financial and administrative burden.

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