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Amherst Regional Public Schools

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Superintendent
  
Maria Geryk

Number of students
  
4,000

Website
  
www.arps.org

Phone
  
+1 413-362-1810

Address
  
170 Chestnut St, Amherst, MA 01002, USA

Similar
  
Amherst Regional High Sch, Amherst Regional Middle Sc, Marks Meadow Elementa, Wildwood Elementary School, Amherst College

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Amherst Regional Public Schools (sometimes referred to as the Union #26 and Amherst-Pelham Regional School Districts), is a group of school districts usually managed as a single entity, based in Amherst, Massachusetts which serves the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts.

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Governance

Three separate school committees are responsible for governance of the Amherst-Pelham school system.

  • The Amherst School Committee is responsible for the four elementary schools in the town of Amherst.
  • The Pelham School Committee is responsible for Pelham Elementary School.
  • The Regional School Committee is responsible for Amherst Regional Middle School and Amherst Regional High School.

    • Superintendent

    Maria Geryk is the current Superintendent of schools.

    The former superintendent, Alberto Rodriguez, left that position on March 8, 2010 after negative evaluations by senior managers and controversy about some changes he had proposed. Maria Geryk, Assistant Superintendent of Student Services, was appointed Interim Superintendent, and then confirmed as superintendent.

    Schools

    The district operates the following schools:

  • Amherst Regional High School
  • Amherst Regional Middle School
  • Crocker Farm Elementary School
  • Fort River Elementary School
  • Pelham School (126 students, kindergarten through sixth grade)
  • Wildwood Elementary School
    • Formerly Operated
  • Mark's Meadow Elementary School (closed in 2009/2010)

    • References

    Amherst Regional Public Schools Wikipedia
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