At the August 10 meeting of the Greenfield School Committee, committee member Kathryn Martini asked Superintendent DeBarge a broad question about the general direction that the district is headed: DeBarge’s full response is worth a listen, but the question itself speaks to a general concern I have with this district. I want to be clear…
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Buses, computers, supplies, and other miscellany from the Budget & Finance Subcommittee
I managed to catch pieces and parts of the School Committee’s Budget & Finance Subcommittee meeting this morning. The main agenda item for the meeting was an update on the FY211 budget, and GPS Business Manager Andy Paquette was at the meeting to review the report he had generated and answer the committee members’ questions.…
The Ways & Means Committee recommends adding $757k to GPS budget.
The Way & Means Committee of the Greenfield City Council voted this evening to recommend that the Council raise and appropriate $757,000 dollars and add it to the Greenfield Public Schools line of the Mayor’s FY20 budget. The recommendation would help to fill the gap between the Superintendent’s requested budget as put forward by the…
Mayor Martin’s further response regarding the SRO program assessment and his support for expansion
Mayor Martin has now replied to my follow-up question about the Collaborative Team responsible for assessing the School Resource Officer program. He has pointed me to Chief Haigh and Jordana Harper, Superintendent of the Greenfield Public Schools. I am now awaiting a response from them. The Mayor went on to explain his support for the…
The GPS strategic plan & superintendent evaluation
Thanks to some links passed along by School Committee Chair Adrienne Nunez in response to some of the questions I raised in my previous post regarding the operating model for Greenfield Public Schools, I now have a better picture of how the various pieces fit together. The strategic plan for GPS can be found here.…
Is there an overall operating model for Greenfield Public Schools?
I am finally catching up on the January 2018 meeting of the School Committee, and I am on the second agenda item, which is the Superintendent’s goals for the 2017/2018 school year. Watching Superintendent Harper and the committee members go back and forth about the proposed goals, I get the sense that they are struggling…