Please join us for our next MPTO meeting on April 16 at 6:00 p.m. at the Fuller Meadow Library to learn more about the Middleton Elementary budget override and how it will impact our schools. Middleton School Committee Chair Michelle Aitken will be presenting and available for questions.
The override must pass at both the Town Meeting on May 13 and at the Town Election on May 20, or Middleton Public Schools will lose the following:
- Three Classroom Teachers (3.0 FTE reduction)
- Two Special Education Teachers (1.70 FTE reduction)
- Reading Teacher (1.0 FTE reduction)
- Instrumental Music Program
- Asst. Principal (0.3 FTE reduction)
- Administrative Salaries
- Instructional Aides
- Overall Consumables
The budget override of $537,276 is equal to approximately $38 per quarter per household in Middleton. A $1 increase in public school spending increases housing values by $20, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. If you want more information or to get involved, sign up here.
We understand that finding childcare can be a challenge during evening meetings. To help, we've partnered with two local businesses that will be hosting fun, supervised kids' events during the Town Meeting on May 13th so you can attend and vote. Thank you to Art's Cool & Middleton Taekwondo for offering these options for our kids!
For additional information and to register:
Art's Cool: Programs — Art's Cool
Middleton Taekwondo: https://forms.gle/
