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29th May 2007

Support schools at public hearing TONIGHT!

posted in Education, Local Politics, Money Matters |

Attend the City Council meeting tonight, 5 p.m. at City Hall, and stand with us in silent support or better yet, take the opportunity to state your thoughts (in five minutes or less) about the manager’s proposal to cut $1.6 million from the schools. I will be there, along with other advocates for good schools, to make our case why the Council should not cut so deeply (nearly eight percent of the city’s $21 million contribution to its schools). Note: the city gave $22.5 million to the police budget last year and is proposing $22 million for police this year. The city’s contribution to the fire department actually went up about 100K from last year’s budget, and yet the manager proposes the city cut $1.6 million from the schools, which would bring the city’s funding for education well below $20 million. We haven’t seen the city contribute less than $20 million to educate its children since 2005. Cuts that deep will have a negative impact on the quality of education our children receive, as well as the district’s ability to continue to make progress on initiatives around class size, interventions, and student support services.  

 

There are currently 2 responses to “Support schools at public hearing TONIGHT!”

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  1. 1 On May 29th, 2007, Josh said:

    Do you have any charts showing a positive correlation between spending on education and student achievement in Lowell? I doubt it.

  2. 2 On May 30th, 2007, Jackie said:

    I don’t know of charts that specifically address your question, but I do have information about the varied accomplishments of our students. These achievements demonstrate the many good things going on in the Lowell Public Schools, and I will establish a series of posts to share that information. Thanks for the idea.

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