FinCom, School Committee, BOS Continue Debate Over Budget
A possible override vote still looms as the multiple boards mulled various options on what to do about the School Department's proposed budget.
Will there be an override on the warrant at this spring’s Town Meeting? It’s still not clear, but the Finance Committee continued to discuss the possibilities during Thursday night’s meeting along with the Board of Selectmen and School Committee. The possibility came in part due to an approximately 4.5 percent proposed increase from last year’s school budget request by the School Committee, approximately $975,000 above Town Manager Jodi Ross’ recommended budget. That increase came primarily from to $450,000 for new expenses related to state mandated special education costs along with three other areas. The first was increases also came from new positions begun this year, like the School Resource Officer at Westford Academy ($72,000), …
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Alex Finnegan
8:22 pm on Sunday, April 7, 2013
Jesse James said: "Why pay an old and tired teacher at the C15+ level ~$80,000/year when a young and vibrant teacher will do the same job at a B5 level for ~$50,000/year with a smile." Those are both baseless assumptions on your part. The B5 might be an alcoholic, the C15 might be everybody's favorite teacher. Why are you arguing made up examples? I have emailed Olsen, Jodi and the town and have … more ›