The Southern Berkshire Regional School District was founded in 1953, when five   rural towns came together ito form a unified school system that would be large   enough to provide all of their young people the advantages
of a comprehensive   school program in a more efficient manner. It was the first regional consolidation effort in Massachusetts to include the full kindergarten through grade 12 spectrum.

The five towns involved in the regional agreement are the same five towns: Alford, Egremont, Monterey,   Sheffield, and New Marlborough.  Each of   the Southern Berkshire towns had public school facilities for certain grade levels at the time of the regionalization effort, and today, 60 years later, the District still maintains programs in each of the towns, with the exception of Alford.

District residents have been very  supportive of the regional school initiative throughout the history of the  agreement. The school programs have been generously supported at a local level considerably in advance of the standards mandated by the state for the five towns. The Southern Berkshire Regional School District participates in the Massachusetts School Choice Program. Approximately 15% of students come from outside the district towns. The school system enjoys the benefit of a state-of-the-art school plant, erected in 1992, that includes Undermountain Elementary and Mt. Everett Regional Schools. The citizens of the Southern Berkshire towns put a premium on the quality of the educational experiences offered to the next generation of community leaders.