TURNERS FALLS, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — The Gill-Montague Regional School District has announced that Cynthia Sheehy has accepted an offer to be the new Principal at Hillcrest Elementary School in Turners Falls.
Sheehy had been principal at Williamstown Elementary School in the Berkshires since March of 2021. Prior to being the Principal, she served as the Assistant Principal, as well as a fourth-grade teacher and reading specialist at Williamstown Elementary. Before Sheehy and her family moved to Massachusetts, she worked as a teacher in grades K-4 at schools in Fairfax and Alexandria, Virginia for 14 years, including teaching students in a Spanish immersion program.
Sheehy replaced Sarah Burstein, who is the new principal at Bernardston Elementary.