MSBA Executive Director Kathy Craven told Belmont voters that now was the time to act on funding a new Wellington Elementary School, and that $12.4m in State funding will be off the table, and given to other towns if the town fails to pass a debt exclusion in June.
There's a full schedule of important meetings this week covering everything from school funding to the town's budget and an opportunity to have your thoughts on education heard by leaders at the state level. Check it out.
The town's older schools are going to require capital investments that are 10x to 20x greater than the one new school (Chenery) in the next few years...and these are just the repairs that we know about.
NOTE: The School Committee Meeting has changed locations. It will be held tonight (Tuesday) at 7:30 PM in the Wellington Elementary Music Room, not the Community Room at the Chenery, as indicated on the SC Web site. Those of you who have lived through a town budget cycle before know that it’s a long...
Thanks to Ann Rittenburg for passing along information on the hearing schedule for the town’s annual budget. Hearings will take place on three Saturdays: Jan 26, Feb. 2 and March 1. For those interested in funding for the schools, the big meeting on March 1 at the Chenery Middle School, during which the School...
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