“The long term strategy is to wait until it dies, then leave it empty.” — March 12 Warrant Committee Meeting An interesting side note from Wednesday evening’s Warrant Committee meeting. As I noted in my recent post, the meeting was…
FY 09 operating override gets cold reception
I thought B2’s readers might like an update, following Wednesday night’s Warrant Committee meeting, on the status of debate among the town’s elected leaders, on the possibility of an operating override for FY09 to help cover what began as an…
(Update) PILOTs…maybe not such a crazy idea after all!
Those of you who have been following bloggingbelmont.com for the last couple months will, no doubt, recall the Eight Crazy Ideas (that just might work) for ’08 series we ran. This was an effort to throw some out of the…
Whatever happened to Full Day Kindergarten, anyway?
I’ve heard, directly and indirectly, from a couple of parents in the last few days who wanted to know what the status was of Superintendent Holland’s proposal for full day kindergarten, so I thought I’d give the lo-down. If you…
Band of Mothers
With Belmont headed towards a likely override vote (or a few of them) in the coming days, I was interested to read this fine article in the Boston Globe on the phenomenon of “override moms” — concerned, suburban parents (generally…
Massive turnout puts override on the agenda
An impressive turnout by parents of Belmont Public School students and other concerned citizens put the issue of an operational override at the top of the town’s agenda Saturday, and may have set the stage for a vote on an…