SOS is a grass-roots organization dedicated to supporting and strengthening our public schools. Our goals include engaging the community in the school budget process, exploring numerous ways of increasing funding to our schools, and encouraging cost saving initiatives while maintaining a high standard of educational excellence.
Posted in Superintendent Search, Uncategorized on Apr 22nd, 2012
Parent/community input each day from 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. The four finalists for the open superintendent position will visit Hamilton-Wenham this week and next, starting tomorrow, Monday, April 23. Parents and community members are invited to meet each candidate at the public library from 10:15 – 11:15 each morning. Please try to attend, ask questions, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 9th, 2011
Hamilton Wenham was ranked number #9 in Boston Magazine’s September 2011 issue’s list of best public schools in the region. The ranking reflects a variety of criteria, including graduation rate, sports teams, pre-K programs, AP classes and MCAS and SAT performance scores. HWRSD was rated number #12 in the 2010 ranking. Per pupil spending in [...]
Posted in Compare School Districts, Uncategorized on Jun 25th, 2011
Spending in HWRSD in FY 2010 was only slightly above the State average. In FY 2010, the last completed fiscal year, HWRSD spent $1.7M more (6.3%) than the average district in the State, or $850 per pupil. This chart (below) shows how our spending compares to the other 327 school districts in MA. But when [...]
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SOS is a grass-roots organization dedicated to supporting and strengthening our public schools. Our goals include engaging the community in the school budget process, exploring numerous ways of increasing funding to our schools, and encouraging cost saving initiatives while maintaining a high standard of educational excellence.
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