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Hi folks! I've included a bonus update from last week's budget hearing along with the regular meeting recap. If you want to skip right to the MSBA update, you can do so here. Agenda | Video | Transcript Consent agenda - Budget transfers, two field trips, and meeting minutes all approved. As a side note, one set of minutes was from the public budget hearing last week. At that meeting, the committee voted 6-0 with one abstention to send the $90,683,398 budget request (down from

You know how I thought the last meeting would be long, but it was actually short? Well, statistically speaking, empirical evidence strikes back. Short agenda. Long meeting. Let’s get into it. Links awaken at the end. Consent agenda went off without a hitch—bills, payroll, budget transfers, donations, and past meeting minutes. Mustang Moment was lovely. Testimonials from our World Language award winners, and an original song written and sung by Brooks third graders, all about

Last night’s meeting was shorter than I expected, given the topics slated for discussion. I know at least one of them has been a hot button issue so if you’re heading to the comments to share your thoughts, please be respectful. As always, I speak for no one but myself. Agenda | Recording | Transcript 1. Mustang Moment featuring winners and honorable mentions from last week’s Science Fair/Exposition at Medford High School (MHS). Congratulations to all—what fun to see thei

Apologies for the delay in posting; this week (month?) has been packed full with no signs of slowing down. As always, observations and opinions are my own and do not speak for anyone else on the committee. Not much analysis here due to the time crunch and I’m afraid I’ll be skipping the recap of last night’s joint budget meeting with the City Council. (Tl;dr, there are gaps that need filling and budget season is officially underway to do exactly that.) Agenda | Recording |