As you may know, the Federal Stimulus package is at a crucial juncture — the versions from the House and Senate diverge significantly, particularly over funding for education and aid to states. The differences are being resolved in the next few hours and days.
Stand for Children is asking school supporters across Massachusetts to email [...]
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At the next SC meeting, there will be a presentation of possible cuts in $500,000 incremental groupings by programs.
If the towns level fund the schools, and all other assumptions from the state remain, the school budget the will have a funding gap of approximately $2 million, which includes unemployment and associated costs.
To learn [...]
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At last week’s school committee meeting, several policies were voted on:
User fees for sports and extra curricular activities will remain at 100%
Class size policy will officially increase thru 2013 (the hope is this will be temporary)
Preschool 8-10 students
K-5 grades will have 22-24 students
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