The Town Meeting process is complete, and I am pleased to report that all five towns voted overwhelmingly to support the FY25 Budget. Please know that we immensely appreciate the endorsement from our school community, and we will continue our commitment to be effective and efficient with our resources and to align these resources with student need, while working hard to keep assessments to the towns manageable.
That is a nice transition into some celebratory news for SBRSD! The District was nominated and selected to receive the Donald D. Johnson Operational and Cost Efficiency Award at the Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials’ (MASBO) Annual Institute held last week in Falmouth. I accepted the award on behalf of the District which recognizes school Districts for their efforts in developing replicable, cost-efficient approaches that address operational challenges commonly burdening Districts. The award is sponsored by VOYA who provided the District with a plaque as well as a $2500.00 student scholarship award. On June 6th at the School Committee Meeting, MASBO Executive Director, Margaret Driscoll, will do the formal presentation of the award here in District. I am incredibly proud of our team’s hard work and deep belief in the importance of strategic and thoughtful resource allocation, and grateful for the opportunity to be recognized by our colleagues across the state!
As far as next steps at the state level, the Senate will now begin the debate on their version of the budget and any subsequent amendments, with its final budget likely to be completed later this month or in June. The links to Additional Information on the State budget are below:
· Senate Ways & Means Budget https://malegislature.gov/Budget/SenateWaysMeansBudget
· House budget website: https://malegislature.gov/Budget/HouseBudget
· Governor’s House 2 Budget: https://budget.digital.mass.gov/govbudget/fy25/?_gl=1*1dh7kdj*_ga*MTI3NDE5NzE4OC4xNzA4NzE1NzA1*_ga_SW2TVH2WBY*MTcxMjg0ODY1Ny43LjEuMTcxMjg1OTEyNC4wLjAuMA..
· DESE Chapter 70 website: https://www.doe.mass.edu/finance/chapter70/
To review the documentation presented at the SBRSD hearing, please see the District website at https://www.sbrsd.org/documents/district/budgets/fy25-budget/567699 .
As the cohorts for this year wind down, SBRSD’s next steps are to get our Community Team back together in newly formed subcommittees this June, to keep the initiatives moving ahead as the summer months approach!
The good news is that SBRSD is one of two Districts in the rural cohort that will continue working in partnership with Transcend into next year! There will be much more to come soon including information on what the next phase of our journey will be!
More information about this incredible community focused initiative is here at https://www.sbrsd.org/page/transcend-partnership.
UME Cultural Celebration
Mount Everett Job & Career Fair
UME Animal Research Projects
Congratulations Asha Von Ruden!
Huge congratulations to Asha Von Ruden for earning her Doctor of Education, Leadership in STEM Education from UMass Lowell!
Dr. Von Ruden's research focuses on the effect of project-based learning activities on middle school students’ attitudes toward and engagement in math. We are so proud of you and your hard work!
Special thanks, to Tony Bleau and his math students for participating in the study!
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Mount Everett currently offers two technical pathways in Advanced Manufacturing and Information Technology.
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