Whalen pushes plans for new and updated Pittsfield schools
Pittsfield city officials study interim report on school building needs. Whalen endorses 4-6-4 middle school concepts with expansion, new sites, and neighborhood use. Proposals call for commissions to build a Tucker Briggs community school by 1972 and a Rice district school by 1974, plus two new elementary schools and future site acquisitions.
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Tucker-Briggs
Butler
Rice
Pittsfield
School Wilding Needs Commission
Whalen
Pittsfield High
Taconic
Berkshire Community College
Herberg
Asst. Lupts
Louis J. Hebert
Raymond D. O'Dea
Thomas J. Roche
John A. Kreiger
Pittsfield School Enrollment Forecast Indicates Shifts
An interim report by Thomas J. Whalen projects stable overall public school enrollment for the next decade with elementary declines and high school growth. Whalen notes many unknowns in any projection and cautions against expecting a sudden population influx.
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Pittsfield
Thomas J. Whalen
Codifying of Town Laws Proposed to Selectmen
Dalton area officials discussed codifying all town bylaws with General Code Publishers. The plan would survey current ordinances, photograph records, and organize bylaws into a code booklet at an initial cost around 2300 dollars. Supporters urged consideration, while opponents recommended postponement for other issues.
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Dalton
John K. Knight
General Code Publishers Corp
Spencerport
N.C
Knight
New York State
New Jersey
Maryland
Selectmen
Finance Committee
John W. Bartels
Albert D. Reinhardt Jr
Reinhardt
Decade timetable for building and modernization unveiled
Supt. of Schools Thomas J. Whalen outlines a ten year plan for construction and modernization with immediate start and ongoing activity through the decade. The department expects annual rehabilitation of one school and notes new east and west elementary schools in indeterminate priority. State reimbursements of 40 percent or more are anticipated for new construction and major additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Whalen
Regional School District Vote Likely To Wait Until Nov
The plan to form a regional district between Pittsfield and Richmond may not go to voters until November 1971. Theodore Herberg, chair, says the board won’t seek the 1970 target unless the agreement is fully developed and clearly explained. Thomas White of the state Department of Education offered drafting help. The board plans to draft in January and send to the state for legal language by February or March, with future admissions possible for nearby towns.
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Pittsfield
Richmond
Theodore Herberg
Regional School District Planning Board
Thomas H. White
State Department of Education
Herberg
Department of Education
Evangelist Vitello to Speak at Christian Assembly Church
The Rev. Joseph L. Vitello, active as an itinerant evangelist in Italy and recently named Minister to Italian immigrants in Australia, will address the public at 7:30 p.m. tonight at 16 Willig St. He will share experiences from 700 Italian Assemblies of God churches and show a slide program titled The Two Italys.
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Joseph L. Vitello
Italy
Christian Assembly
Willig St
Assembles of God
Australia
Vitello
Rome Bible Institute
Temple University
Philadelphia
Northeast Bible Institute
Green Lane
Central Bible College
Springfield
Christian Assembly Church
Thomas Grazioso
Rice Pupils Sing At Rest Home
Twenty three fourth grade pupils from Rice School under Mrs Margaret Hinckleys class sang Christmas carols at Willow Manor Rest home on Springside Avenue this afternoon at 1 30 assisted by music teacher Miss Corinne Otto.
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Margaret Hinckley
Rice School
Willow Manor Rest Home
Springside Avenue
HOPE. Holds Christmas Party For Children
HOPE, the antipoverty agency serving Morningside, hosted a Christmas party Friday at Morningside Baptist Church. Director Juanita Errichetto said more than 130 children attended along with Santa and the Fire Department’s Sparky.
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HOPE
Antipoverty
Morningside
Morningside Baptist Church
Juanita Errichetto
Hope Center
Santa
Fire Department
Sparky
Pittsfield School Growth Plans Face 1980 Reorgs
Pittsfield plans a major school system expansion to 28 facilities by 1980 under Supt. Thomas J. Whalen. The proposal adds Taconic and Pittsfield High as two high schools, three middle schools, seventeen K-5 elementaries, a learning disabilities center, and four test tube schools for prekindergarten programs while phasing out Tucker Rice and Morewood with neighborhood K-5 replacements.
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Pittsfield
St. Mark’s
Thomas J. Whalen
Taconic
Crosby
West Side
Morningside
Allendale
Bartlett
Crane
Dawes
Egremont
Hibbard
Highland
Mercer
Plunkett
Pomeroy
Pontoosuc
Stearns
Williams
Victory Hill Learning Disabilities Center
Abby Lodge
Rug Stolen From Church Parsonage Near Wen dell Ave
Detectives investigate theft of a $1,000 Oriental rug from the parsonage of the First Church of Christ Congregational at 152 Wendell Ave. The 10 by 11 foot rug disappeared during renovations for the new pastor Rev. Arthur L. Teikmanis and his family, with the loss dated between Tuesday and Thursday last week.
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First Church of Christ
Congregational
Wendell Ave
Arthur L. Teikmanis
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