The Belmont Education Association says that Belmont’s School Committee is locked in to a “starvation budget” for the Town’s schools and refuses to look at creative funding solutions to address the problem.
For the first time in years, voters have the opportunity to enact big changes to Belmont’s leadership. It’s not an opportunity we should pass up. Change is on the ballot, Belmont. Let’s make it happen! Here are my picks for the April 2nd 2024 Town Election.
On April 2nd, residents will be asked to approve Question 1, which raises our property tax levy to fund critical Town- and school operations. Check out the top 3 reasons that I am going to vote YES.
Belmont voters go to the polls April 4th to elect their town government. Here are my picks for Town Meeting and town-wide offices!
The Belmont Superintendent Screening Committee published an online survey to help identify screening criteria for our next school superintendent. Make your voice heard!
The Hill School’s motto urges its student to have “foresight.” Yet the school’s proposal lacks any foresight into the environmental future of its own students and our Town.
Belmont’s fall classic, The FBE Apple 5K and 2K runs are just two weeks away! This year marks a special milestone: the 10th annual running of the race. That’s more reason than ever to register to run this year.
Change was the theme of the April 6 town election. But change to what? With the failure of Question 1, Belmont has few good options.
As parents of Belmont students, we have every right to be angry and disappointed in the performance of our schools this year. But as a dark winter turns to Spring, let’s look to the future and invest in it, not build a monument to our anger. Vote YES on Question 1.
Our final response is from School Committee Candidate Tara Donner. Tara is a resident of Belmont, the mother of two and a sitting School Committee member who is seeking her second, full term on the Committee. Her unique experience includes 18 years of middle school teaching and 14 years serving as a Town Meeting Member.