BArT Announces January Theater Performances

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ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School invites the community to support local student theater with two upcoming performance events this January.
 
On Friday, Jan. 9, at 7 p.m.: "Haters & Brian the Comet" at the school. Admission is free. 
 
Enjoy an evening featuring two one-act plays. The 8th-grade creative studio will perform the comedy "Haters," followed by a dramatic ensemble piece, "Brian the Comet," performed by the 9th-grade theater class. Haters is a one-act comedy play script by Don Zolidis, and "Brian the Comet" was written by Emily Hageman, based on a book by the same title. 
 
On Jan. 16  and 17 at 7 p.m.: "All in the Timing." The performances will be held at the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance in Williamstown.
 
An evening of wit, wordplay, and absurdity as the Grades 10 through 12 ensemble presents David Ives' "All in the Timing." 
 
Online tickets are $8 for students and $13 for adults. Use code IVES26 at checkout. Tickets are $10 for students and $15 for adults at the door.
 
To showcase the talent of 29 student actors, the show has been double-cast.

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Hoosac Valley Seeks to Prevent 'Volatile' Assessments

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass.— The "volatile" shifts in Hoosac Valley Regional School District's town assessments year to year is hard for smaller towns to absorb; however, a proposed change to the regional agreement would fix that. 
 
During the Select Board meeting last week, Superintendent Aaron Dean presented the proposed change to the regional agreement that would set assessments based on a five-year rolling average rather than the annual student enrollment.
 
"The long-term goal is to make the assessment process a little bit more viable for people from year-to-year," he said. 
 
An ad hoc committee was convened to review the district's agreement, during which concerns arose about the rapid fluctuations in assessments.
 
"I think you have to look short term, and you have to look long term. The goal is to kind of level it off and make planning easier and flatten that curve in terms of how it's going to impact both communities," Dean said. 
 
Every year, it is a little more difficult for one community because they are feeling disproportionately impacted compared to the other, he said. 
 
"The transient nature of this population right now is like nothing I've ever seen," Dean said. 
 
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