Posted in Funding Our Schools, Funding for FY11, Operational Audit, Town Meeting - Hamilton on May 5th, 2010 No Comments »
Hamilton Town Meeting
Saturday, May 8, 9 a.m.
High School Auditorium
Free child care — Miles River Multipurpose Room
Hamilton Town Meeting is this Saturday. Every body counts – we need you there to support the schools.
Please make every possible effort to be at Town [...]
Posted in Budget Process, Funding Our Schools, Funding for FY11, School Committee, Town Meeting - Hamilton, Town Meeting - Wenham on Apr 28th, 2010 No Comments »
Wenham Town Meeting
This Saturday, May 1, 1 p.m.
Buker Elementary School
Hamilton Town Meeting
Saturday, May 8, 9 a.m.
High School Auditorium
Please make plans to attend your Town Meeting and vote to support our schools. Every body counts – we need you there!
Free, drop-in, on-site child care available [...]
Posted in Funding Our Schools, Funding for FY11, Town Meeting - Hamilton, Town Meeting - Wenham on Apr 12th, 2010 No Comments »
Support Your Towns and Your Schools
Please Make It a Priority To Attend
Wenham Town Meeting
Sat., May 1
1 p.m.
Buker Elementary School
Hamilton Town Meeting
Sat., May 8
9 a.m.
High School Auditorium
There will be several items that directly impact the schools taken up at town meeting this year. Stay tuned for details.
It’s a busy time of year, [...]
Posted in Budget Process, Funding Our Schools, Funding for FY11, Wenham Fin Com on Apr 5th, 2010 No Comments »
March 30, 2010
Jack Wilhelm, Chairman
Susan Mehlin
Brett McKechnie
Roger Kuebel
Wenham Finance and Advisory Committee
Dear Committee Members:
As you are likely already aware, the Hamilton Finance and Advisory Committee voted Monday to recommend a total increase to the FY11 net school budget appropriation of up to 2.5%, contingent upon the [...]
Posted in Budget Process, Funding Our Schools, Funding for FY11, Meetings, School Committee on Mar 15th, 2010 No Comments »
The stakes are high. Come represent your kids.
After weeks of intense negotiation on many fronts, the school district is ready to present its 2011 budget. This budget incorporates some new, bold thinking from the School Committee.
Come this Thursday, March 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the Buker Multipurpose Room to learn what these changes [...]
Posted in Budget Process, Funding Our Schools, Funding for FY11, Meetings, Real Estate Values, Town of Hamilton, Town of Wenham on Feb 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
Teachers and services hang in the balance
This week, the finance and advisory committees of Hamilton and Wenham will meet jointly to discuss school funding for next year. The fincoms have not heard much from parents yet this year, and they are facing tough decisions.
Can you send an email to the [...]
Posted in Budget Process, Funding Our Schools, Funding for FY11 on Feb 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
Here is detail on Support Our Schools’ “fair share” position on the appropriations of Hamilton and Wenham to the FY 2010 budget for the Hamilton Wenham Regional School District. The calculation below is based on principles explained in the Notes, which follow.
Support Our Schools "Fair Share" Position
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Posted in Budget Process, Funding for FY11, Meetings, School Committee on Feb 4th, 2010 No Comments »
Tonight, we as a community will get a first look at what cuts our school system is expected to absorb during this very difficult budget year.
Please join us at 7 p.m. in the Buker Multipurpose Room, where the Superintendent will present the school budget to all the important decision makers in our towns: the Hamilton [...]
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