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Statue of St. George slaying a dragon. Sainte-Georges, Quebec, Canada As we've entered this school year, I've noticed as I keep an e...

  Ahead of Monday's public hearing on the proposed FY25 budget for the Worcester Public Schools , here's a brief look at what is i...

please enjoy this tree in Palmer  I've shared much of this on either Twitter or Bluesky, but for those not on there, or who find this ea...

  As we opened budget deliberations last night, I shared the following with my colleagues on the Committee:  June 3, 2021 FY22 WPS budget tr...

...but before we talk about that, let's note this nice piece from Sentate President (and former Ashland School Committee member and yes,...

When the Worcester Public Schools goes before the Worcester City Council on the budget--or when any school district goes before their approp...

MassBudget released their long-awaited update to "Cutting Class," the report that gave numbers to our original sense that the fou...

The budget is here . The sequence in which they'll be taking accounts is here .  Updating as we go once they start...

  And it's the first time the announcement has come this way! FY17 @worcesterpublic budget now available for review at https://t.co/...

Just ran Haverhill... Just ran #Haverhill . Here's their health insurance foundation budget gap. That's $10 MILLION they're ...

The Finance and Operations subcommittee meets tomorrow evening at 5:00 with three items on the agenda. You can find the agenda here. The se...

Overall, a good first day! A few back to school notes from me: Did you get one? We have "please update and return" forms for the...

report here Allen: bottom line has not changed projecting about a $300,000 deficit in all accounts not a concern that administration has ...

A bit of a supplies update for those Worcester parents out there who might be getting pleas for school supplies now: Back at the second qu...

Biancheria: students back from Spirit of Knowledge, need for supplies for students that have enrolled Boone: enrolled in seven different sc...

Find the back-up here Account by account here Update: sorry, I was asking questions, and so missed posting any notes. Here are a few fro...

My sympathies to my compatriots on the Wachusett School Committee on what I can only describe as a gruesome school committee meeting last ni...

And, in honor of that vanishing (alas!) bit of schoolteaching, an essay on chalk . Check out the electron microscope picture of it!

Please read the excellent article in the latest edition of Commonwealth magazine on the Catch 22 the state foundation formula has now plac...

School committee approved $87,000 out of state travel approved (this is a zero) in state travel: $62,500 Allen comments that this is larg...