Friday, March 8, 2013
Gov. Deval Patrick visited Hyannis on Thursday afternoon to speak with community leaders and members of the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce about his budget proposal.
Governor Patrick arrived at the Cape Codder Resort shortly after 12:30 p.m., and took the stage to pitch his budget proposal to more than 100 business owners, chamber members, and local officials. Over the course of thirty minutes, Governor Patrick spoke at length about the need to make significant investments in public education and transportation infrastructure. Following his remarks, the Governor fielded questions from the crowd, including Dr. Mary Czajkowski, Superintendent of Barnstable Public Schools. Czajkowski praised the Governor for his commitment to education, and applauded his proposal to make major investments in Massachusetts’ public schools. “We have found in Barnstable, especially in our Hyannis West population, that …
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Governor Patrick unveils an online tool detailing budget effects on communities across the Commonwealth. The tool includes maps for transportation funding and educational funding for each legislative district.
In an effort to promote his $34.8 billion budget proposal, Gov. Deval Patrick unveiled an online tool with 400 maps that shows what each legislative district would receive in education funding. “This tool will help people see exactly what to expect in their own backyard as part of the investments we’ve proposed,” Patrick said. “Meaningful investments in education and transportation today will significantly improve our economic future both in the short term and for generations to come.” There are two maps per district – one displaying transportation investments and one displaying education investments in each community. For example, according to the maps, the 2nd Barnstable District, which includes precints 2 through 10 and 13, would…
Friday, March 30, 2012
A letter from the Superintendent's Corner...
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Friday, March 30, 2012
On April 10, 2012 the Barnstable School Committee will vote on the proposed FY13 School Budget. The following is the budget timeline, which took place beginning last November 2011. Budget procedures were distributed to all principals and site visits of our school buildings were conducted by the Director of Facilities, Principals, Deputy Director of Finance, Procurement Officer and Superintendent of Schools. December 2011—Superintendent and Acting Town Manager met to discuss revenue sharing agreement and principals sought input from staff and school councils relative to their needs. January 2012—The Director of Finance provided a preliminary financial forecast at a joint meeting between the Town Council and the School Committee and school…
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The public will have a chance to comment on the proposed school budget and more.
TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012 BARNSTABLE TOWN HALL Hearing Room MEETING AGENDA 7:00 P.M. Call Meeting to Order CONDUCT ROUTINE BUSINESS Please attempt to limit comments to three (3) minutes per individual. There will be no debate or action taken on “Public Comment” items. The Committee will take items under advisement or the individual will request an item to be placed on a future agenda. The Chair will also allow public comment at his/her discretion during the meeting. CONSIDER OLD BUSINESS Item # 031312-001 School Committee Goals Dr. McDonald 15 Minutes Information and Objectives HIGHLIGHTS ON EDUCATION CONSIDER NEW BUSINESS Item # 031312-002 …
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
The State Department of Revenue released new local budgets yesterday. School lunches, veterans benefits and retired teacher's health insurance were effected by cuts.
Cherry Sheets released by the State Department of Revenue yesterday revealed Barnstable's local aid will be primarily level funded from last year with a few changes. "The good news for us is we didn't get a cut, the bad news is we didn't get an increase," Barnstable Finance Director Mark Milne said today. Most line items are level funded through the budget with the exception of a small decrease in school lunch aid and veterans benefits. However, there was a significant decrease in retired teacher's health insurance reimbursements. The negligible change in school lunch funding is attributed to enrollment and a specific aid formula used for school funding. Milne said the school lunch program which is a 'self supporting' and revolving fund …
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Bill Carson
1:50 pm on Friday, March 8, 2013
During the trial of convicted former Massachusetts House Speaker Sal DiMasi Gov Patrick admitted he used the code name "Sally Reynolds." Why would the Governor of Massachusetts use an email pseudonym conducting business for the state of Massachusetts? This whole Falmouth commercial wind turbine deal is starting to look like an old apple. The state bought the turbines first for 5.2 million then … more ›