EVERETT — The Healey-Driscoll Administration, through the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, recently awarded more than $1.5 million in competitive grants to schools, districts, and educational collaboratives to reduce or eliminate the use of exclusionary time-out rooms and increase the amount of time that students spend learning with their peers, and Peabody … [Read more...] about Healey-Driscoll administration awards $100,000 in grants to Peabody
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Peabody House initiatives focus close to home
The state House of Representatives' fiscal year 2025 budget would bring $37,072,720 to the district's schools, representing a 4.85% increase from FY24, and $8,715,810 in unrestricted aid to the city, if approved by the Senate and signed into law by Gov. Maura Healey. The aid would include $50,000 for flood mitigation through the dredging of the upper Goldthwaite Brook, … [Read more...] about Peabody House initiatives focus close to home
Peabody Rec summer registration is now open
Registration for the Peabody Recreation Department's summer programs is now open for Peabody residents and will open March 19 for non-residents. There are programs for everyone from preschool students to teens to adults. Activities include sports like golf, basketball, tennis, tiny tot soccer, and pickleball; arts and crafts; health and fitness; summer outdoor adventures at … [Read more...] about Peabody Rec summer registration is now open
Peabody Municipal Light Plant announces rate increase in electric bills
Effective April 1, 2024, Peabody Municipal Light Plant electric customers will see their monthly bills increase by a net amount of 9.1%. The announcement from PMLP Manager Joe Anastasi is the result of an extensive cost of service study ordered by the light plant and its commissioners. Although inflation rates for some goods are stabilizing, the electric industry has seen … [Read more...] about Peabody Municipal Light Plant announces rate increase in electric bills
Peabody Health Dept. applies for $258,000
The Peabody Health Department’s Division of Social Services recently submitted a grant application to the Lahey Medical Center, requesting $258,000 so that the department can hire bilingual case navigators to help immigrant families sheltering in hotels in the city. According to Sara Grinnell, the division’s director, the grant application indicated a need for navigators who … [Read more...] about Peabody Health Dept. applies for $258,000