This is a more we'll see

I think this is a positive move , however school choice who also pays taxes and funds to the school should of  been asked and added to this group .  
What happen last year was far from a little hiccup , it was a disaster ! It not only put the school in a whirlwind , but communities as well. Not to mention teachers worried about if they would have jobs or not .
 My first suggestion to this group is to watch the BUDGET. This is where you will need to make sure you are on top of your game. I warn you Miller is . This SC is clearly under her thumb and you may be  allowed to speak , but nothing states you will be heard .
We will also be watching  and reporting . As of now you have our support.

NORTHFIELD — After a rather tumultuous end to the 2015-2016 school year, residents of the Pioneer Valley Regional School District have formed a Community Committee.
The ad-hoc group was organized over the summer by Jack Killeen, 69, of Bernardston, who has had three children attend Pioneer Valley Regional School and whose wife and son are teachers there.
“This year has seen a lot of upset and it just seemed like that hurt a lot of things,” Killeen said. “I thought the best thing to do would be to move forward in a positive way.”
Killeen said he wanted to create a committee of residents to help Pioneer move forward in a positive way. Near the end of the previous school year, Superintendent Ruth Miller faced sharp criticism from parents, staff and students on several fronts, particularly over what was seen as high staff turnover.
Pioneer’s acting Principal Mike Duprey, Computer Network Manager Mike Holloway, Director of Special Education Sharon Jones and Bill Wehrli, principal of PVRS before Duprey, were all long-term staff members who resigned within the year. Outraged community members outwardly expressed their frustrations with the turnover at May and June School Committee meetings.

The mistakes made during the previous school year are all history now, Killeen said.
“Pioneer has a lot going for it,” he said. “We had a little hiccup, but people in the community thought that we wanted to accentuate the positive. It seemed to me that the best way to do that was to have representatives from all four of the towns.”
Killeen sought out residents of Northfield, Bernardston, Leyden and Warwick who would be interested in serving on what he decided to call the Pioneer Valley School District Community Committee.
“It’s a diverse kind of group that we’re trying to pull together for the greater good,” Killeen said.
It currently includes nine members: Killeen, John Lepore, Kim Willis, Martha Parker, Karen O’Neil, Jed Proujansky, Jennifer Chabott, Michele Giarusso and Sue O’Reilly-McRae. All members are former or current parents of Pioneer students, former Pioneer faculty or staff, former members of the Pioneer school committee, or members of town government.
“I think anytime you can have better communication and collaboration, it’s important,” said Giarusso, Community Committee member and chairwoman of the Leyden Finance Committee.
Killeen said the goal of the group will be to preserve Pioneer’s core values such as open communication within the school, diversity in the classroom, sound personnel practices and teamwork toward common goals. To do this, he said the group will meet several times a year to discuss topics members feel are important to be addressed at the next School Committee meeting.
“The (chairwoman) of the School Committee (Patricia Shearer) has indicated we can be a regular part of the agenda,” Killeen said. The Community Committee members introduced themselves before the School Committee at the Aug. 25 meeting.
Killeen said members of the community are welcome to contact him with concerns they might have about the school district, and are welcome to become members of the Community Committee themselves. Killeen can be reached by phone at 413-648-9703.