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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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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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On Monday, Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Community House, SOS will hear from two important regional organizers.
Susan Beckmann, chairwoman of the Manchester-Essex Regional School Committee, will explain the newly formed North Shore Coalition for School Funding, a group comprised of five local school committee chairs. Ms. Beckmann will describe the group’s [...]
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On Monday, October 27, at 7:30 pm at the High School Auditorium during a Special Town Meeting Hamilton citizens will be asked to vote on a Citizen’s Petition that would limit real estate taxes for seniors 65 and older.
In the Citizen’s Petition, if the combined total income of the property owner(s) and their spouses [...]
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Please come to the SOS meeting on Monday, October 6th at 7:30 pm at the Community House (lower level conference room). All are welcome.
Following a brief business meeting, our agenda will focus on:
Additional Sources of Revenue.
To fulfill our commitment to continue to work to [...]
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SOS has been working hard for a long time now to get the Commonwealth to funnel more of our tax money back to our own towns and school system.
That’s why we’re excited that State Rep. Brad Hill and Senator Bruce Tarr are inviting all citizens to a multi-town forum on school funding, looking particularly at [...]
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As we hope you’re aware, Support Our Schools (SOS) has been working hard for a long time now to get the Commonwealth to funnel more of our tax money back to our own towns and school system.
That’s why we’re excited that State Rep. Brad Hill and Senator Bruce Tarr are inviting all citizens to a [...]
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You are invited to the fall kickoff meeting of Support Our Schools on Monday, September 8th at 7:30PM at the HW Community House in the downstairs conference room.
In June, our towns passed a level services budget by a very tight margin. To ensure HW public schools stay strong in these very [...]
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