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REPORTS Article 1: Acceptance of Town Reports PASSED FINANCIAL – FISCAL YEAR 2013 Article 2: FY 2013 Supplemental Appropriations PASSED Article 3: FY 2013 Budget Transfers NO ACTION Article 4: Unpaid Bills from Previous Fiscal Years PASSED Article 5: Property Tax Exemption Increase PASSED FINANCIAL …
Hopkinton Annual Town Meeting Day 1 Monday, May 6 at 7:00-11:00pm Hopkinton Middle School Auditorium There are 68 articles to vote on in the warrant this year. Town meeting will repeat the following evenings 7:00-11:00pm until all the articles are voted. We expect Town Meeting to …
In preparation for Annual Town Meeting Educate Hopkinton will be hosting a “Know Your Vote” Question and Answer Forum on Wednesday, May 1 at 6:30-8:00 pm at HCAM-TV Studios, 77 Main St (Lower Level), Hopkinton. Residents are invited to attend the forum in person or watch on TV (Verizon …
In our last blog, we posted a link to the draft school calendar for 2013-14. It turned out to be the most clicked-on link we posted to our blog all year, so we wanted to send out an update. The calendar is still not final, …
At their meeting on February 28, the School Committee ratified a 3-year contract with the Hopkinton Teachers’ Association. It was ratified by a 5 to 1 vote, with all School Committee members in favor and Town Manager Norman Khumalo opposed. The contract covers September 1, …
At the February 7 School Committee meeting, Dr Hiersche presented the first draft of the school calendar for 2013-14. Click here to view the DRAFT Calendar. Dr Hiersche made some changes from the typical Hopkinton calendar, such as moving Early Release Days to Fridays. The …
At its January 31 Working Session, the School Committee voted to submit a 2013-14 budget to the Town Manager, which represents a 4.4% increase over the current year’s budget. Key changes from the budget originally presented by Dr Hiersche in December include: 10% Reduction in …
You may have noticed a budget line item of $271,000 in Hopkinton’s 2013-14 budget for Educator Supervision and Evaluation. This is due to the new state regulations requiring more frequent and more detailed teacher evaluations. Although the new system is expected to produce better results, …
ATTENTION! If you can only attend one school committee meeting a year, this is the most important one to attend. It is your chance to voice your opinion on class size, fees or any other school budget topic before the School Committee votes on a …
At the January 17 School Committee meeting, one of the topics of discussion was fees to parents and whether some of the fees should be decreased, eliminated or remain the same. No decisions were made last week, but a list of topics discussed and a …
School Committee Meeting/Working Session Thursday, January 17, 2013 @ 7:30 PM Middle School Library, 88 Hayden Rowe St 7:30pm Regular Meeting 8:20pm Off-Camera Working Session – FY14 Budget Topics: Center School, Elmwood School, Hopkins School, and Technology Budgets, Overview of the New State-Mandated Educator Supervision/Evaluation System …
School Committee Working Session Thursday, January 10, 2013 @ 7:30 PM Middle School Library, 88 Hayden Rowe St Off Camera Working Session/FY14 Budget Topics: Special Education, Buildings & Grounds, and Central Office Budgets School Committee Meeting/Working Session Thursday, January 17, 2013 @ 7:30 PM Middle School …