Healey-Driscoll Administration Announced Holyoke Public Schools Will Officially Exit State Receivership

Holyoke Public Schools to regain local control after decade of state receivership

Holyoke Public Schools will be the first district in Massachusetts to see their state receivership end on July 1, regaining local control a decade after being designated “chronically underperforming.” “Based upon the evidence of progress that (Holyoke School Committee)’s Local Control Subcommittee has presented to Acting Commissioner Johnston and now myself, I am confident that the HSC is well prepared to resume local governance of the district,…

As Holyoke Schools return to local control, some question accountability structures

HOLYOKE ― As Holyoke Public Schools are poised to exit state control next week, some educator unions and members of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education have voiced concerns about the exit process.

State to cede control of Holyoke public schools back to city

Holyoke Public Schools is set to exit state receivership on July 1, becoming the first school district in Massachusetts to do so after a decade of state control.

Healey-Driscoll Administration announced Holyoke Public Schools will officially exit state receivership

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) - In a Holyoke Public Schools Committee meeting earlier Monday, the Healey-Driscoll Administration announced that the School district will officially exit state receivership. There are also other Massachusetts school districts under state receivership, and the city of Holyoke is one of them, but it will finally return to local control on July 1st. It was a proud day for the city of Holyoke as it regained local control of it…

Holyoke Public Schools to return to local control after 10 years, state says

Holyoke Public Schools will exit receivership on July 1