Another reason to testify/call/email Worcester City Council this week

In addition to noting for the Council that they aren't traffic engineers and should listen to those who are on Mill Street (a bit outside the scope of this blog, so I will leave it there), you might also weigh in with the EAW President Melissa Verdier's petition to the Worcester City Council. While Council will probably have actually passed the WPS budget by the time they take public comment tomorrow at 6:30 ish, as apparently it's on their 4 pm agenda, not that those get posted, the budget isn't done until the whole budget is done.
You still could request that they not actually break the law again in how they fund schools this year.

Let me be super clear about this:
I have zero patience for the lines we hear trotted out on this: well, but we're building schools! Look at the new high schools!

Yes, and so are many many many other cities and towns in Massachusetts, the vast majority of which:

1. are legally required to fund a MUCH LARGER PROPORTION of their school districts.
   

   

   Worcester is in red. Look to the left.

   
   
   
2. not only do so, but FUND THEM MORE THAN REQUIRED: 
   Per the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, for FY23, the statewide total was 15.2% over actual net school spending (as reported in February)
   
   
3. spend a MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF LOCAL REVENUE on their schools:
   
   
   

If you're trying to argue that Worcester is doing enough or anything like it, you're arguing against the state law which fulfills the constitutional obligation we have to our children.