RESOURCES
REPORTS
PHASE II RESEARCH TEAM REPORTS AND RESULTS
Progress Report -through Stage 2 (last updated 10.8.24)
Facilities Report (DRAFT) - (last updated 10.16.24)
Education Report (DRAFT) - (last updated 10.11.24)
Early Childhood (DRAFT) Brief - (last updated 10.8.24)
Finance & Personnel, Parts I & III (DRAFT) - Shared with Committee for Feedback (last updated 10.8.24))
Community Outreach Report (full report, individual survey presentations below, 9.16.24)
Survey Results - School Choice Survey
Survey Results - Community Survey and Student/Staff Survey
Enrollment Report (DRAFT) - Updated 7.22.24
Historical Review - Updated 10.9.24
Regional Agreement Analysis - 4.11.24
*Note: These reports are working documents and will be updated as additional information is collected and edits are completed.
PRESENTATIONS
2D8T Steering Committee (October 16, 2024) Slide Deck, Project Manager
Community Virtual Meeting (October 10, 2024) Slide Deck
2D8T Steering Committee (September 19th & 23rd) Slide Deck, Project Manager
Extended Session #3 (August 20, 2024) Slide Deck
2D8T Steering Committee (August 15, 2024), Project Manager
Extended Session #2 (July 30, 2024) Slide Deck
2D8T Steering Committee (July 22, 2024), Project Manager
Extended Session #1 (July 8, 2024) Slide Deck
2D8T Steering Committee (June 20, 2024), Project Manager
2D8T Steering Committee (May 16, 2024), Project Manager
Rowe School Committee (May 9, 2024)
Hawlemont Community Presentation, April
Faculty/Staff (April 24, 2024)
2D8T Steering Committee (April 18, 2024), Project Manager
Colrain and Sanderson Community Presentation (April 9 & 11, 2024)
2D8T Steering Committee (March 21, 2024), Project Manager
BSE School Community Presentation (March 11, 2024)
Joint School Committee Meeting, Deck (March 6, 2024)
Town Select Board, Slide Deck (February/March 2024)
2D8T Steering Committee (February 15, 2024), Project Manager
2D8T Steering Committee (February 3, 2024), Project Manager
2D8T Steering Committee Welcome (February, 3, 2024), Superintendent
Town Managers, Overview (January 22, 2024)
BERK12 Launch Presentation to School Committees (Jan 8/10, 2024)
PROPOSALS/PLAN
MEETING MINUTES
Full 2D8T Steering Committee
2.3.24 Organizational Meeting/Welcome Presentation/Research Team Presentation/Minutes
2.15.24 Agenda/Presentation/Recording Link/Minutes/
3.21.24 Agenda/Minutes/Slide Deck
4.18.24 Agenda/Slide Deck/Recording Link/Minutes
5.16.24 Agenda (includes 4.18.24 Minutes), Slide Deck, Minutes
5.29.24 Report Feedback Session. Agenda, Minutes
6.20.24 Agenda, Slide Deck, Minutes
7.22.24 Agenda, Slide Deck, Minutes
8.15.24 Agenda, Slide Deck, Minutes
9.19 & 23.24 Agenda, Slide Deck, Minutes (9/19), Minutes (9/23)
10.16.24. Agenda, Slide Deck, Minutes
MONTHLY UPDATES/COMMUNITY OUTREACH
August Update, August 2024
July Update, July 2024
Community Survey Mailer, May/June 2024 (Notice was originally on the front page of website)
June Update, June 2024
May Update, May 2024
List of Community Outreach Events Completed, April 2024
April Update, April 2024
Community Outreach Flyer, April 2024
March Update, March 2024
2D8T Steering Committee Formed! Learn more HERE.
BERK12 HIRED AS RESEARCH PARTNER: To learn more about them and to review the Phase II proposal, link HERE.
Phase II Launch Letter (January 11, 2024)
NEWS
These 11 places in Mass. could be ghost towns by 2100, research finds, Mass Live, Feb 2024
11 ways to defy the WMass ‘ghost towns’ of the future prediction (Viewpoint), Feb 2024
Mohawk Trail, Hawlemont budgets get school board approval, head to Town Meeting, March 5, 2024, Greenfield Recorder
At state budget hearing at GCC, school officials share unique challenges faced by rural districts, March 1, 2024, Greenfield Recorder
Mohawk Trail, Hawlemont districts launch Phase 2 of sustainability study, February 3, 2024 (Greenfield Recorder)
Mohawk Trail proposes $26.7M budget for FY25, February 19, 2024 (Greenfield Recorder)
HISTORICAL WEBSITE RELEASES:
SCHOOL COMMITTEES REVIEW AND APPROVE PROPOSAL: The Hawlemont and Mohawk Trail Regional school committees were presented an overview of the proposal sustainability study, link HERE to review.
2D8T Steering Committee Formed! Learn more HERE.
BERK12 HIRED AS RESEARCH PARTNER: Berkshire Educational Resources K12 (BERK12) has been hired to advance Phase II of the Sustainability Study. To learn more about them and to review the Phase II proposal, link HERE.
HISTORICAL REPORTS
Interim Planning Group (2007)
FRCOG (Regional Study, 2008)
Franklin County Schools Vision
POTOMAC BUILDINGS REPORTS, Property Condition Assessment and Long-Range Planning Analysis
Sanderson Academy (2013)
Mohawk Trail (2013)
Colrain Central (2013)
Buckland Shelburne (2013)
SUSTAINABILITY LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE
Sustainable Schools, White Paper (Jan 2015)
Solutions in Sustainability, Presentation (Jan 2015)
BEST REPORT (2016)
MTRSD Data Reports (Jetzon)
PHASE I SUSTAINABILITY
Final Report, MARS (April 2023)
Appendix, Sustainability Report, MARS (April 2023)
Baseline Report (Feb 2023)
Projections Report (May 2023)
Sustainability Forum (April 2023)
FINANCIAL REPORTS
Abrahams Group Fiscal Presentation (May 2023)
DEMOGRAPHIC/ENROLLMENT REPORTS, NESDEC/MARS
Summary Demographic Report (Nov 2022)
District Demographic Presentation (Nov 2022)
SCHOOL DEMOGRAPHIC REPORTS
Sanderson Academy (Nov 2022)
Colrain Central (Nov 2022)
Buckland-Shelburne (Nov 2022)
Mohawk Trail School (Nov 2022)
FACT BRIEFS
Coming Soon