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 The FY24 net school spending report was released yesterday . if you click this, it will get bigger Here’s a zoom in of the current year:...

ahem... I hope by now you've seen that the Fair Share amendment, which taxes at 4% on every dollar over a person's first $1M in inco...

 So much to post, so little time. Some WPS notes in the meantime: At tonight's Worcester School Committee meeting , the School Committee...

I haven't posted on this because monetary decisions have to be done in public session, and so I expected, naturally, that we would see s...

non-testifying attendee at City Council tonight Good evening, Mr. Chair, My name is Tracy Novick and I live at 135 Olean Street here in Worc...

It's been a bit since I've written anything on Worcester's budget at all, let alone this current year, and there are a few thing...

  I promise I'll go back and post on last Thursday's Worcester School Committee, but before we get too far away or lose the impact, ...

  Yes, it's taking me about a week to get to these. It's budget season... Hey, do note that due to this being a Leap Year and Februa...

 Do note that there is a meeting of Finance, Operations, and Governance tomorrow at 5:45 pm , which is taking up the second quarter budget r...

The Worcester School Committee had their first business meeting of the new term (and new makeup) on January 18. While I noted the change in...

 While I plan to write up what did (and didn't) happen at the Worcester School Committee meeting on Thursday ( very  interesting meeting...

  Well, there's a happy headline, huh? It was the mid fiscal year 2024 budget cuts that got the headlines earlier this week, as Governor...

Hey, I don't want to unduly alarm you all, but state revenues are still down. 

  as requested As I regain today what Justice Louis Brandeis referred to "the most important office," 1 I offer here in that capa...

 Worcester Public Schools earns the Meritorious Budget Award! ELEVEN TIMES IN A ROW! Congratulations to Brian Allen, Sara Consalvo, Mohammed...

 hearing will be going up here  (updating as we go here!)  As reporter Katie Lannan notes : ✨three fiscal years at once✨ https://t.co/TYO13q...

I'm not including this below but I am not going to miss a chance to once again brag about the fact that both Mr. Hennessey and Mr. Allen...

 And we're off!  The Swifty Swine Racing Pigs from the Eastern States Exposition (photo mine) While I usually consider the "officia...

as reported on the MASC page The Mass School Building Authority met this morning, and made some significant changes to the programs they ove...

 Bell on the FY24 budget third year of Student Opportunity Act implementation weighted to districts with greater need increase in minimum ai...