Saturday, March 29, 2008

April 1 Public Meeting

A public meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 1, at 7 p.m. in the Beverly High School Cafeteria on the proposed fiscal year ‘09 budget cuts to the Beverly school system to address the 09 budget shortfall of nearly $2.67 million.

This night is your opportunity as parents to give feedback to the Superintendent and the School Committee about the reconfiguration of the schools.

You can

  • ask questions about and talk about your concern for the school and city budgets
  • share your thoughts and concerns with public officials—the school committee, Supt. Hayes.
Please make an effort to be there!

1 comments:

nanalouise said...

This site seems to be directed at parents of children in the Beverly public school system. I would like to comment that although people may not have children in the school system, every resident of Beverly should be very concerned about the quality of public education in our city. It affects property values, the environment we live in, and the sense of community we share. A person does not need to actually have a child in the public school system to benefit from Beverly having an excellent public school system. These proposals to close schools and increase class sizes, to cut enrichment programs and lay off 61teachers, will hurt every resident of Beverly, and we all need to get involved to find a solution. I agree with the 2 and 1/2 override and hope that others like me will agree with it as well. I feel it's the only viable long term solution for Beverly.