Posted in Budget Process, Funding Our Schools, School Committee on Feb 10th, 2009 No Comments »
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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Posted in Budget Process, Funding Our Schools, Meetings, State Fiscal Conditions on Jan 29th, 2009 No Comments »
Monday, February 2 at 7:30 p.m., downstairs at the Community House
Our special guest will be Arthur Oberheim, chairman of the Hamilton Finance Advisory Committee.
Art will describe how town revenue, state funding, and other unique circumstances are likely to have an impact on this year’s school budget. The Hamilton Fincom is in the process of [...]
Posted in Budget Process, Funding Our Schools, Legislation, State Fiscal Conditions on Jan 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
Please attend tonight’s School Committee budget workshop (7 p.m., Buker Multi-purpose room). The focus of the presentation will be the Principals’ Budgets, School Choice and User Fees. At the end of the meeting there will be an opportunity for those who wish to ask questions and make comments. The meetings are also televised by local [...]
Posted in Budget Process, Funding Our Schools, Legislation, Meetings, School Committee, State Fiscal Conditions on Jan 15th, 2009 No Comments »
Please attend tonight’s School Committee workshop (7 PM, Buker Multi-purpose room). The focus of the presentation is the SPED (Special Education) Budget, Curriculum & Technology Budgets, Capital and Maintenance. At the end of the meeting there will be an opportunity for those who wish to ask questions and make comments.
Our elected officials [...]
Posted in Budget Process, Funding Our Schools, Meetings on Jan 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Did you know?
In addition to the school committee, several bodies within Hamilton and Wenham town government impact the quality of the education in our community. As advocates for quality public education, it is important to understand the town and school budget decision-making process, express our opinions to the relevant boards and committees, [...]
Posted in Budget Process, Funding Our Schools, Meetings on Jan 7th, 2009 No Comments »
Between now and March 31, the School Committee will be building next year’s school budget.
Our school district and community are confronting agonizing decisions in the face of a sharp reduction of state aid, our limited commercial and town revenue, and the escalating costs of healthcare, unfunded special education mandates, and contractual union obligations. Everyone [...]
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