Budget concerns
Have you noticed that the local paper is stepping up its negative articles about the schools? The word is trickling down from Beacon Hill about what Chapter 70 money will be available to school districts, and the Lowell Sun is losing no opportunity to slam the school committee, teachers, unions and the superintendent (just see ‘The Column’ in the Feb. 13 edition.)
Meanwhile, the public schools have been level-funded for the past three years and our superintendent is among the lowest paid in the state.
Last year, in Hancock v. Driscoll, a lower-court judge found that the state was not meeting its constitutional obligation to provide equal funding for education to low-income districts. Lowell was one of 19 plaintiffs in this case, and many officials expected an increase in state funding to result from this decision.
However, the state supreme court recently overturned the ruling. Without new state money to ease the budget crunch, we can expect even more negative press about the schools.
We’ll be keeping an eye on the budget, too, so stay tuned.
Meanwhile, the public schools have been level-funded for the past three years and our superintendent is among the lowest paid in the state.
Last year, in Hancock v. Driscoll, a lower-court judge found that the state was not meeting its constitutional obligation to provide equal funding for education to low-income districts. Lowell was one of 19 plaintiffs in this case, and many officials expected an increase in state funding to result from this decision.
However, the state supreme court recently overturned the ruling. Without new state money to ease the budget crunch, we can expect even more negative press about the schools.
We’ll be keeping an eye on the budget, too, so stay tuned.
1 Comments:
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