Miss Hall's School

Berkshire County elected officials are part of a legislative effort in Massachusetts to crack down on sexual exploitation and grooming of young people under the care of adults.

Berkshire County officials will promote new legislation aimed at protecting students from sexual predation in schools on a virtual press conference Monday. It comes after a number of troubling allegations emerged from local schools.

The Pittsfield, Massachusetts city council and school committee heard a presentation from a child sex abuse prevention group at a special meeting Wednesday night.

From school sex abuse scandals to wildfires and vice-presidential visits, it was a busy year in Berkshire County headlines.

The Berkshire District Attorney’s Office says it found no criminal conduct after investigating allegations of sexual abuse leveled against a former teacher at the private Miss Hall’s School in Pittsfield.

A woman who, along with fellow former students, leveled accusations against a boarding school in Massachusetts earlier this year has filed a lawsuit seeking monetary damages from the private institution and former staff members.

WAMC News has learned that a Pittsfield, Massachusetts private school enmeshed in a sex abuse scandal has fired a teacher over what it describes as “unacceptable use of the school’s technology resources.”

A longtime senior staffer at a Pittsfield, Massachusetts private boarding school in the midst of a sex abuse scandal has resigned

The Berkshire District Attorney has appointed a special investigator to look into a sexual abuse scandal that erupted at a Pittsfield, Massachusetts boarding school this spring.

With multiple sexual abuse allegations under investigation, the Berkshire District Attorney has issued a public call for survivors and witnesses to report misconduct at a Pittsfield, Massachusetts private all-girls boarding school.