Originally recorded on November 3rd, 2025. On January 13th, 2025 a special joint meeting of the Northampton City Council and the Northampton School Committee appointed Anat Weisenfreund to serve as Ward 2 representative for the next 10 months. Anat is now running for a full term on the school committee (election day is November 4th). On this special episode of Panorama, Andrea Egitto, teacher and president of Northampton Association of School Employees (NASE), and Carrie Foley, special education teacher at Bridge Street school, join Anat to discuss the Northampton Public Schools (NPS). What is the state of NPS for teachers, staff, and families? What’s going right and what are its struggles? Despite the 32 percent increase in school funding, how is that the schools are cutting positions? And what does Anat mean when she says, “intentional family engagement”? They answer all of those questions and more on this special episode of Panorama.