Thursday, January 3, 2013
JMR Graphics comments on a recent Westborough Patch story.
Responding to a recent Westborough Patch story, a national vinyl graphics printing company today said it supports advertising on Westborough school buses. JMR Graphics representative TJ Pannell said that "it’s very telling that a community member suggested using the school buses as moving billboards in order to increase Westborough School District’s revenue." The school committee voted on Dec. 19 to present a $42,694,208 budget request, a 3.07 percent increase, to voters at the March 16 annual town meeting. The figure does not include a school transportation fee. The board had discussed charging $200 per child, with a $500 family cap, to students in grades seven to 12, and to students in Kindergarten to grade six living within two miles of…
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Saturday, December 22, 2012
School board vice chairman wants to discuss the issue with selectmen.
Westborough school officials should discuss with selectmen building sidewalks on the roads near the schools without them, school committee Vice Chairman Stephen Doret says. Doret’s suggestion came during the school committee’s budget public hearing Wednesday night. The board voted to present a $42,694,208 budget request, a 3.07 percent increase, to voters at the March 16 annual town meeting. The figure does not include a school transportation fee. The board had discussed charging $200 per child, with a $500 family cap, to students in grades seven to 12, and to students in Kindergarten to grade six living within two miles of their school. The fee would raise a projected $240,000 if voters don’t support the budget request. Cuts would be the …
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Friday, December 14, 2012
One reader suggests allowing ads on Westborough school buses to defray the cost of a transportation fee.
With state and federal funding down and unfunded mandates growing, Westborough school officials say they are trying to reach a budget proposal that they believe keeps the schools strong while being manageable to the town's taxpayers. The school committee has discussed implementing a school transportation fee next fall: potentially, $200 per student, with a $500 family cap. The school department would charge the fee to students in grades seven through 12, and to students in Kindergarten to grade six residing less than two miles from school, the only students whom the district could charge legally. The board will vote on a budget request this coming Wednesday, when its 6:30 p.m. budget public hearing is scheduled. Two nights ago, some …
Sandy Neck
12:56 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012
They just put a sidewalk down milk street that is rarely used. The schools can have that one more ›