The School Committee unanimously voted to approve a fiscal year 2025 school budget of $94,577,540 at a budget hearing Monday night. The committee was able to hit its budget target after a series of past meetings in which it reduced unfilled positions and found other funding sources for certain budget line items. In comparison, the FY24 total budget was $93,099,671. The FY25 … [Read more...] about School Committee approves $94M school budget for FY25
Dr. Josh Vadala
Peabody Learning Academy graduates 24
Twenty-four students from the Simon Youth Peabody Learning Academy (PLA), a program committed to helping students graduate despite any personal circumstance, graduated in a ceremony held at the Northshore Mall on Friday morning. Academy Director Kevin Tanglis and Northshore Mall General Manager Scott DeCost kicked off the ceremony with their speeches. State Sen. Joan … [Read more...] about Peabody Learning Academy graduates 24
School officials work on reducing operating costs as ESSER funds expire and state aid decreases
Members of the Peabody School Committee, Mayor Ted Bettencourt, and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Josh Vadala recently convened for an FY25 school budget meeting at Higgins Middle School, to talk about needed reductions in operating costs and propose changes to funding sources, to adjust to significant decreases in state aid and the expiration of Elementary and Secondary School … [Read more...] about School officials work on reducing operating costs as ESSER funds expire and state aid decreases
Hey, Peabody, you’re on candid camera
City officials, speaking outside Higgins Middle School on Monday, expressed concern over an alarming rate of illegal school-bus passings after a pilot program recorded almost 3,500 vehicles that failed to stop for buses that were picking up or dropping off students since the start of the school year. To record the cars, the school district and BusPatrol, an organization that … [Read more...] about Hey, Peabody, you’re on candid camera
City hosts Student Government Day
More than 30 years later and the annual tradition of Student Government Day is still going strong. On Student Government Day, seniors from Veterans Memorial High School are elected by their classmates to shadow elected officials and city employees during the day, and participate in a City Council and School Committee meeting at night. Parents and family members were also in … [Read more...] about City hosts Student Government Day