Category: budget

A Cliff’s Notes for the FY 09 School Budget…

First off: there’s a School Committee meeting this evening at 7:30PM at the Chenery Middle School to discuss proposed cuts for the FY 09 School Budget, in advance of tomorrow’s Warrant Committee meeting. Please attend either or both! For those…

Selectmen respond to open letter on school funding

I just received an e-mail response from Selectman Dan LeClerc to B2’s open letter on the school budget cuts. When I last wrote, the figure being kicked around was $3m in cuts to square the school and town budgets with…

An open letter to the Board of Selectmen

I’m posting a copy of the e-mail message I sent last night to the Board of Selectman regarding the pending debate about funding for the School Dept. and Town, and the need for an operational budget override for 2009 to…

Town may ask Schools to trim $1.6m (Can you say 40 kids/class?)

The latest news from Wednesday’s Warrant Committee meeting isn’t good, according to reports from those who were there. While we won’t get into the nitty gritty of the meeting itself (most of which appears to have revolved around how to…

Town wide PTO meeting on Monday to discuss FDK, budget

A note from Janet Carey at Winn Brook: Please join us at the All Elementary Schools Meeting on Monday, February 4th at 7 pm in the Wellington School Cafeteria. The meeting will provide an overview of school-related budget concerns. In…

Hearing schedule set for school, town budgets

Thanks to Ann Rittenburg for passing along information on the hearing schedule for the town’s annual budget. Hearings will take place on three Saturdays:  Jan 26, Feb. 2 and March 1. For those interested in funding for the schools, the…

Warrant Committee to discuss school budget Wednesday

There’s an “all hands on deck” call to Belmont parents to show up to Wednesday evening’s Warrant Committee meeting, where the Superintendent’s Recommended Budget Request for FY09 will be presented to the Warrant Committee.  The Warrant Committee meeting begins at…

Crazy Idea #2: Smart meters!

Note: This is the second installment of Eight Crazy Ideas for ’08, a multi-part posting that is looking at ideas, big and small, that could improve our community in Belmont. In the first installment, I talked about introducing a resident…