Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The School Committee approved a 3.46 percent increase for next year's school budget.
The School Committee unanymously approved a $1.9 million increase for next year's school budget that will fund 14 new positions. “This is part of the direction in our future and an investment in our future,” said School Committee Member Katherine Hennessy of the addition of engineering and Mandarin Chinese positions in the district. The two positions were among 14 that would be added to next year's school budget if the proposal makes it through the City Council where the budget will next be discussed. “It will make them very competitive in the global economy," said School Committee Member Margaret Dwyer of Mandarin which employers in the area have told the committee will be increasingly important moving forward. Cuts in the school budget …
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Increasingly frugal budget options were given to the School Committee with warnings of possible repercussions from school officials.
Three phases of increasingly frugal school budget proposals were presented at the School Committee Meeting Tuesday. “We are not talking any pink slips,” said Mayor Arthur Vigeant as he addressed the committee regarding the most frugal of the budgets presented. “We are saying 2.7 percent ... that is keeping everyone in the system employed.” Three budget options, representing a 2.74, 3.5 or 3.8 percent increase over current school budget of $50,852,532 were discussed Tuesday. They all represent cuts from the 4.4 percent increase in the $55 million school budget presented by Interim Superintendent Steven Dlott. “This committee and I and the City Council supported a 7.1 percent increase last year,” said Mayor Vigeant in reference to a $2.6 …
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
The City Council voted this week to approve an additional $2.6 million to the school district.
The school district will receive an additional $2.6 million to cover essential services following a City Council vote Monday. The council passed the additional funds with little discussion, unlike during a Finance Committee meeting in which City Council President Patricia Pope called the supplemental funds "unnaceptable." In that meeting, Pope called the School Committee’s budget an abomination and embarrassment before the committee voted to recommend the funds to fill out the school budget. The additional $2,581,967 represents a 5.3 percent increase over the FY '13 appropriated school budget of $50,852,532. The funds cover five major areas that include additional curriculum costs and special education expenditures. City Councilor, and …
Friday, November 30, 2012
City Council President Patricia Pope told the School Committee in no uncertain terms that returning for additional funds was unacceptable and must never happen again at a Finance Committee meeting Thursday.
City Council President Patricia Pope called the School Committee’s budget an abomination and embarrassment before the Finance Committee voted to recommend an additional $2.6 million to fill out the school budget. "This is absolutely unacceptable ... the budget is due to the city council the same time it’s always due,” said Pope explaining that the “hiccup” was no excuse as she referred to the ousting of Former Superintendent Anthony Pope. “The budget process this year was nothing short of an abomination and embarrassment.” The additional $2,581,967 represents a 5.3 percent increase over the FY '13 appropriated school budget of $50,852,532. The funds cover five major areas that include additional curriculum costs and special education …
arnold
9:15 am on Wednesday, April 3, 2013
PC speak: 'investment', translated means, added taxes. The ELL costs are just the tip of the iceberg, what about all the resources needed to provide basic education, housing assistance, healthcare. SNAP, and EBT cards. All without having to prove legal residency. Keep electing enablers so they can spend YOUR money while you struggle to provide for your own children AND the ILLEGALS. more ›