The voting results are in....
We want to share the results of yesterday’s school election.
First, the most critical piece of news: Our school budget has officially passed. While the margin was slim, decided by just 26 votes..
Approved warrant articles include:
*Replacing the gym floor
*Continued investment in our classroom improvement capital reserve fund,
*Reserve funding for special education.
*Form a Withdrawal Study Committee to study the feasibility and suitability of withdrawing from the AREA Agreement with the Rochester School Department
*Designate Paul School as an open enrollment elementary school , but to limit the number of students who reside outside the Wakefield School District to attend Paul School to no more than 5% of total enrollment and limit the percentage of students who may attend open enrollment schools, located outside of the Wakefield School District, to 0%.
Additional warrant articles did not pass:
*Replacing gym bleachers
*Paving 76 Taylor Way
*Technology Trust Fund
*Truck
We would like to welcome our new board member, Annie Gehring and our new School Moderator Mary Wing Soares. We would like to welcome back to our team - Valerie Ward as School District Clerk and Carlene Stewart as School District Treasurer.
Thank you to everyone for taking the time to support our school. For a copy of the full results, for both school and town, please use the following link https://drive.google.com/file/d/11tgdjY5tHH029eGZ7q0RLjl1UFx5UQIG/view?usp=drive_link