The School Committee voted unanimously to allow St. John the Baptist School to move forward in lowering its minimum age limit to 2 years old. St. John’s Preschool Campus, located at 9 Margin St., has two programs. One is for 3 year-olds, and is open to children as young as 2 years and 9 months old, as well as a 4 year-old program. The school accepts students up to 5 years … [Read more...] about Peabody preschool hopes to lower age limit
Peabody School Committee
School Committee approves $94M school budget for FY25
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
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
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