- dealt with a $3 million hit in federal cuts due to sequestration
- hired an additional 30 (as of yesterday) teachers
- added a significant number of options for our high school students largely language and arts
- added middle school intramural sports
- added sixth grade at Worcester East Middle per their innovation plan
- added additional sports opportunities for high school girls
- found a net $2 million saved on special education as students are brought back into the system
- adds three nurses, meaning we now not only have nurses at every school; the big ones have two!
- began the five year cycle on replacing all the district's computers
- funded rental space for the Chandler Magnet kindergarten thus keeping them from classes of 30
- added a year to the dual language immersion program
- added a network technician the ones who keep the system online and technology clerical trainer who gets principals, secretaries, and teachers up to speed on things like online report cards
- managed a very slim 1% increase in utilities
...plus all that you'd expect from a school system of 50 buildings, 44 schools, nearly 25,000 students, and 4000 employees.
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