Proposed Methuen Budget Is Unfair To Schools

By ValleyPatriot on July 28, 2016   D.J. Deeb, Education, Local, Methuen, Op-Ed, State  

By: DJ Deeb – July, 2016 June proved to be a volatile month for both the City of Methuen budget and the Methuen Public Schools budget. Even though Mayor Steve Zanni proposed increasing the city budget by 6.25%, he initially proposed level-funding the schools. Faced with nearly $3 Million in new Federal Special Education mandates, […]