RESOURCES

The follow briefs were prepared by the BERK12 team to capture basic literature and practices (across the topic areas listed) as may be relevant in informing the Sustainability Study. Link to each to read more.

BEST PRACTICES

CLASS SIZE

PATHWAYS (HIGH SCHOOL)

INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING

ACADEMIC INTERVENTIONISTS

SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT COUNSELORS

LONG-BLOCK SCHEDULE

GRADE 6 (TO MIDDLE SCHOOL)

Worksheets related to finance are provided below.

Introduction
(These show how FY25 assessments are calculated, generally, how the various enrollment projections would impact Model 1 - Status Quo assessments).

How FY 2025 Assessments Are Calculated

Model 1 (Status Quo), No enrollment change

Model 1 (Status Quo), 1% enrollment decline

Model 1 (Status Quo), Statistical enrollment decline

Capital Calculations
(These illustrate debt projections for capital base on varying levels of borrowing and within three projected enrollment models)

0% Enrollment Decline, Debt Projections

1% Enrollment Decline, Debt Projections

Statistical Enrollment Decline, Debt Projections

Models
(These show fiscal projections including savings and assessments for operational costs and combined operational and capital costs).

Model 1 Status Quo (incl. Town Breakouts)

Model 1 w Efficiencies (incl. Town Breakouts)

Model 2 Status Quo (incl. Town Breakouts)

Model 2 w Efficiencies (incl. Town Breakouts)

Model 3 w Efficiencies (incl. Town Breakouts)

Model 4 w Efficiencies - COL & HES to BSE - Pre-K to 5 (incl. Town Breakouts)

Model 4 w Efficiencies - COL & HES to BSE - Pre-K to 6 (incl. Town Breakouts)

Model 4 w Efficiencies - COL & SAN to BSE - Pre-K to 5 (incl. Town Breakouts)

Model 4 w Efficiencies - COL & SAN to BSE - Pre-K to 6 (incl. Town Breakouts)

Model 4 w Efficiencies - COL to BSE - Pre-K to 5 (incl. Town Breakouts)

Model 4 w Efficiencies - COL to BSE - Pre-K to 6 (incl. Town Breakouts)

Model 4 w Efficiencies - HES to BSE - Pre-K to 5 (incl. Town Breakouts)

Model 4 w Efficiencies - HES to BSE - Pre-K to 6 (incl. Town Breakouts)

Model 4 w Efficiencies - Single ES - Pre-K to 5 (incl. Town Breakouts)

Model 4 w Efficiencies - Single ES - Pre-K to 6 (incl. Town Breakouts)

Model 5 w Efficiencies - Single Campus - 6th moves to middle (incl. Town Breakouts)

Model 5 w Efficiencies - Single Campus - 6th stays in elementary (incl. Town Breakouts)

BERK 12 Proposal & Draft Work Plan for Phase II (Dec 2023)

Summary of Options for Modeling, from Progress Report

Process of narrowing down the options and opportunities

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

4.18.24Agenda/Slide Deck/Recording Link/Minutes

5.16.24Agenda (includes 4.18.24 Minutes), Slide Deck, Minutes

5.29.24Report Feedback Session. Agenda, Minutes

6.20.24 Agenda, Slide Deck, Minutes

7.22.24Agenda, Slide Deck, Minutes

8.15.24Agenda,Slide Deck,Minutes

9.19.24Agenda, Slide Deck, Minutes (9.19), Minutes (9.23)

10.16.24Agenda,Slide Deck, Minutes

11.21.24Agenda, Slide Deck,Minutes

12.19.24. Agenda, Slide Deck, Minutes

1.23.25. Agenda, Slide Deck,Minutes

1.30.25. Agenda, Slide Deck, Minutes

2.20.25. Agenda, Slide Deck, Minutes

September 2024 Update

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)

Mohawk Trail, Hawlemont community members review restructuring proposals, 2.27, 25 (Greenfield Recorder)

Mohawk Trail, Hawlemont districts review restructuring options, 1.31.25

Mohawk Trail Regional School eyes shift in math curriculum, 1.11.25

Increase in School Services Budget Leads to Talk of Regionalization, 12.5.24

My Turn: How to roll two regional districts into one, 10.20.24

Five reorganization options possible to increase sustainability of Mohawk Trail, Hawlemont districts, 10.23.24

Legislators visit Southern Berkshire Regional School District for Rural EducationLegislators visit Southern Berkshire Regional School District for Rural Education, 11.15.24

Anchorage families voice opinions to School Board on ASD plan to close 7 elementary schools, 11.20.24

Parents and students plead with Denver school board to spare their schools from closure, 11.18.24

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.