Posted in Funding Our Schools, Meetings, Override on Apr 28th, 2008 No Comments »
It is imperative that all school supporters in your household attend Town Meeting from beginning to end. It is possible that a motion may be made to:
lower the actual dollar amount of the School Override.
have silent ballots and/or recounts.
change the order of the articles as listed in the warrant book.
reconsider the override after a positive [...]
Posted in Funding Our Schools, Override on Apr 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Teachers:
We have cut positions every year for the past five years, eliminating over 75 staff positions - the majority of which have been teachers but has also included administrators, secretaries, custodians, and nurses. Last year alone 17.5 positions were eliminated. The result is class sizes at all levels that already exceed [...]
Posted in Funding Our Schools, Override on Apr 16th, 2008 No Comments »
WBUR aired a Radio Boston show Friday 4/11 called “Money Woes” which focused on this years round of overrides. It’s available as a podcast at http://www.radioboston.org/index.php/2008/04/08/money-woes.html (about 50 minutes).
Posted in Funding Our Schools, Override, SPED on Apr 15th, 2008 No Comments »
How Did We Get Here?
Our district’s funding crisis is not a spending problem. It’s a revenue problem.
For one, Massachusetts spends less than the national average on schools.
Second, the state has determined that, based on our income and property values, Hamilton and [...]
Posted in Funding Our Schools, Override on Apr 4th, 2008 No Comments »
On March 31 the School Committee voted the budget for FY’09. The $1,889,589 Override (Hamilton’s share is $1,288,322 and Wenham’s share is $601,267) simply preserves level services — meaning the services the Districted provided last year. With a few small and necessary exceptions, it does not rebuild any programs that [...]
Posted in Funding Our Schools, Meetings, Override on Mar 18th, 2008 No Comments »
SOS strongly urges everyone to make it a priority to attend tomorrow’s School Committee Public Hearing on March 19 at the Buker Multi Purpose Room at 7:00 pm.
Be fully informed about next year’s school budget and the Override amount of $1,987,389. Click on this link to view the School Committee’s [...]
Posted in Funding Our Schools, Meetings, Override on Jan 12th, 2008 No Comments »
The School Committee will hold a forum on January 24 to discuss the next step in the School Budget Process. The Superintendent will explain the cost of maintaining level services, as well as the costs to fund items in the Strategic Plan. Although the SC will not yet be presenting the final HWRSD Budget, this [...]
Posted in Funding Our Schools, Meetings, Override on Nov 19th, 2007 No Comments »
The School Committee will host a forum to report on the Strategic Plan and its related financial plan on Thursday, November 29 at 7:00 pm at the Buker Multipurpose Room. This will be an important forum for community members to attend so they can become familiar with the scope of the plan and so the [...]
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