Whos of Who-cester

Two from this week already: For about as long as I've been paying attention, spring of an election year in Worcester brings the biann...

Mayor Petty just announced that the City Council will meet at 4 pm next Tuesday to begin their budget deliberations. They will meet again at...

posting as we go... awaiting a quorum... Petty: first session is Worcester Public Schools

O'Brien, thanks the Mayor, the Manager, Councilor Eddy "real support for public education" First time "in four years, it...

O'Brien: $92 million comes from local aid: 33% of school budget comes from city new positions created by WPS, new positions created by ...

"as money has become tighter...relationship loaded with more friction...some real problem with some of the demands being put on the cit...

Here's the discussion on the recommended allocation of the $500,000 transfer O'Brien: leadership working with the manager and the s...

Councilor O'Brien: "I'm just trying to follow this math here..." Boone: "part of what we needed to do was address th...

And for those wondering about the sigh of relief from some in the audience when they heard Superintendent Boone's answer to the question...

O'Brien: where we've come to where we need to go "closed eight schools, laid off teachers" federal stimulus aid, contin...

wants to know who's going to pay for it challenges the amount of specificity in the WPS budget in comparison with city budget: "it...

Lukes: asks about the 1% 3% grant issue; "these answers frankly sound like jargo"Zidelis: cites OMG as their source for authority ...

...at the Worcester City Council. Boone: "This Friday, I will be releasing the second of balanced budgets in very difficult financial ...

Legal opinion on grants: Rushton: think it's probably right. Open communication. Hoping that it continues. Mayor O'Brien comments...

I get it. We'd all like to save money, and we'd all like to save money in a way that doesn't change core services. Whether you...

The report from the outside auditor coming back to City Council tonight has a bit of news bearing on the school department: the outside au...

Councilor Lukes: was trained as a teacher "education courses long on puff and short on substance" "can't teach somebody ...

I left at this point, but there were more remarks made by Council on schools . (start at 8:28)

assumed 25-75%? No, it's 20-80% (but by breakdown; retirees and new hires are already at 75-25%) asks if it's a zero salary increase...

...nearly, says the mayor, between herself, Hargrove, and Bogigian, with WPS (counting working experience and years on School Committee). ...