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After a long hiatus on letters, the editorial department over at the T&G must have worked through the backlog:


However, let’s face facts: Across Massachusetts, the average local contribution to public schools by municipalities, above the minimum required, is 14 percent. Yet, the city manager’s plan calls for Worcester to contribute only 0.5 percent above the minimum. Our schools have learned to do more with less, but that strategy has limits. How can we enhance and maintain a good public school system when it has been subjected to $58 million in cuts over the past six years? Other Massachusetts cities, like Fall River, Brockton and Lynn, are contributing well over the minimum to their public schools, and we should follow their lead.(Kristin Keeven, Letter to the Editor, 5/19/08)