March 30, 2009
Hamilton-Wenham School Committee
775 Bay Road
Hamilton, MA 01982
Dear members of the Hamilton-Wenham School Committee:
As members of SOS, we have followed this year’s school budget process closely and have been genuinely impressed by your hard work and dedication. We commend you for your extraordinary efforts and leadership in these challenging [...]
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10.6 Teaching Positions Hang in the Balance
On March 31 — six days from today — the School Committee is required by law to submit its finalized budget. As of today, 10.6 teaching positions are still on the line to be eliminated — including 2.4 positions from the High School and 4.8 positions from the Middle [...]
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The School Committee is holding its one and only Public Forum on the Fiscal Year 2010 budget today, Thursday, March 19, at 7 p.m. in the Buker Multipurpose Room.
This public forum is your last and best chance to ask questions and share your opinions about what’s getting cut, what schools and [...]
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Our Congressional Representative John Tierney is holding a public forum to discuss how Federal stimulus money will be dispersed in the state, at the Beverly Public Library this Saturday, March 14 from 12-1:30 p.m.
In addition, two bi-partisan citizens’ organizations that we respect are hosting gatherings at the State House in the next few weeks [...]
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John Kotch
Local President
Massachusetts Teachers Association
Dear John,
Since our inception, Hamilton-Wenham SOS (Support our Schools) has been fully dedicated to protecting and supporting one of our towns’ greatest assets — our school teachers.
We, and the citizens’ organizations that came before us, managed to pass seven overrides in increasingly difficult economic times on the strength of our commitment [...]
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For many years, improvements and repairs to our school buildings have not been initiated due to tight funding. Now the situation for a few buildings has reached a critical stage. On Thursday, the School Committee will discuss options for funding long-delayed, much-required physical improvements. Please attend to hear what we face and how we might [...]
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Boston Magazines March issue focused on the Best Places to Live 2009. They took a “look at changes over time in median single-family home and condo prices for 155 cities, towns, and neighborhoods in and around Boston. Data provided by the Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman and the [...]
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1) This Thursday, March 5, at 7 p.m. at Buker School the School Committee will address three issues of importance to school supporters:
A revised FY10 school budget and a revised list of proposed cuts to school personnel and services. The numbers have changed now that the towns have made a preliminary vote to contribute [...]
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