Saturday, April 17, 2010

Mansfield 'saves' sports for next year

... the Board of Selectmen voted last night to transfer about $890,000 from town coffers to the school budget for fiscal 2011, which begins on July 1.
In return, the committee will remove a property tax override vote from next month’s Town Meeting agenda. And, Miller said, the committee will reject motions from the public to transfer more funds from the town budget to schools.
The district made headlines this week when the School Committee voted to cut high school sports and clubs to help plug a $3.6 million deficit, prompting an outcry from parents and students in a district where 800 of the 1,500 high school students play at least one sport.
Read the full article in the Boston Globe here
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/04/17/mansfield_will_transfer_funds_to_save_school_sports/

Friday's article in the Boston Globe can be found here
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/04/15/mansfield_votes_to_eliminate_high_school_sports/

Franklin, MA

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