by Sandy Quadros Bowles | Mar 19, 2020 | Education
Town taps into Legacy Farms HCA to help make ends meet By a 3-2 vote, Hopkinton School Committee members on March 12 approved a fiscal year 2021 budget of $51.9 million, a reduction of $323,000 from the amount the school district had requested but more than the town...
by Melissa Orff | Feb 26, 2020 | Education
The Hopkinton Public Schools will be throwing their hat in the ring again with the Massachusetts School Building Authority, hoping to be chosen to receive reimbursement funds for a new elementary school. The district’s application to the MSBA was declined in January,...
by Melissa Orff | Jan 29, 2020 | Education
Town to decide whether or not to accept 8.9 percent increase The Hopkinton School Committee unanimously approved a $52,309,719 budget for FY21, a budget that represents an 8.9 percent ($4.3 million) increase over FY20. The vote, which was taken during the Jan. 16...
by Melissa Orff | Jan 15, 2020 | Education
During the Jan. 2 School Committee meeting, the president of the Hopkinton Teachers Association (HTA) voiced her concerns about staffing in the district before the FY21 budget was set to be presented at a public forum on Jan. 9. Over the past five years Hopkinton has...
by Melissa Orff | Jan 15, 2020 | Education
Superintendent disappointed but hopeful for inclusion next year The Hopkinton school district’s statement of interest to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) was declined this month, causing the district to reevaluate the next steps for the future of its...