Schools & Education

School Committee continues to step up advocacy efforts to increase state funding for AB schools The Acton-Boxborough Regional School Committee engaged state Senator Jamie Eldridge and Representatives Simon Cataldo and Danillo Sena in a frank conversation at the Committee’s November 20 business meeting about the inadequacies of the state’s chapter 70 education funding model and its impact on the Acton-Boxborough Regional School District. School Committee members remarked on components of the funding model that have contributed to four budget cycles of cuts to staff and programs, depletion of reserves, and the need to push for a narrowly approved $6.6M operational…