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Concord’s budget guideline process begins for FY2025

August 31, 2023

With an eye towards setting the fiscal year 2025 budget guideline for town and school departments, the Finance Committee outlined the principles that inform the process. The guideline will be published in

Finance Committee plans community outreach

June 8, 2023

In an effort to better inform the public about how the Finance Committee works, a four-person Outreach Subcommittee is drawing up plans for a beefed-up webpage and other avenues of communication to

Letter: Unbalanced coverage of school budget debate

May 19, 2023

I am writing in response to the May 11 article titled “FinCom plan to rein in school budget decline.” The article mostly featured comments from Finance Committee member and guideline subcommittee Chairman

Letter: Town Meeting school budget thoughts

May 11, 2023

I was one of 728 people who attended Town Meeting that day, and – like the vast majority of the attendees – was at the meeting for the express purpose of voting

Live Blog: Town Meeting

April 30, 2023

5:35 p.m. Meeting is adjourned, will reopen tomorrow at 7 p.m. at CCHS. ARTICLE 23. To determine whether the Town will vote to adopt the Department ofEnergy Resources (DOER) Municipal Opt-in Specialized

Letter: We cannot put a price tag on keeping kids safe

April 13, 2023

During a March 9 meeting about the Concord Public Schools budget, Superintendent Hunter shared slides highlighting data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Twenty percent of 6th graders reported depressive symptoms, and

Letter: K-8 Budget should be judged fairly

April 13, 2023

In a 6-8% inflationary environment, Superintendent Hunter and her team have presented a lean, “level service” 2024 budget for the K-8 Concord Public Schools (CPS) that includes a modest 4.7% increase. This

Concord school budgets scrutinized by Finance Committee

March 23, 2023

After an exhaustive presentation on the school budgets for Fiscal Year 2024, the Finance Committee unanimously approved the Concord-Carlisle Regional School budget while recommending that the School Committee “meet the FinCom guideline”