Council weighs middle school financing plan

From Watertown News

• Council weighs financing plan for new middle school. Watertown's City Council considered a five-year financial plan for a new middle school that pushes debt service above the council's informal 20 percent ceiling, pausing affordable housing fund contributions as nearly 20 residents and students urged lawmakers not to delay the project.Watertown News
• School Committee weighs pay raise for retiring superintendent. Watertown's School Committee considered a raise for outgoing Superintendent Galston in her final year, after eight residents used public forum to detail stalled special education records requests, a dormant parent advisory council and a student barred from school over paperwork.Watertown News
• School panel presses on special education compliance gap. Watertown's Ad Hoc Student Services Subcommittee dug into state data showing the district fell just short of full special education compliance, as administrators laid out new IEP oversight steps and the fate of a long dormant parent advisory group remained unresolved.Watertown News
• Conservation panel presses city over Arsenal Park shed. Watertown's Conservation Commission pressed city officials over a 16 by 14 foot shed built without review inside Arsenal Park's protected buffer in 2024, debating relocation options that could run into the tens of thousands of dollars with no funding yet identified.Watertown News

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• Watertown biotech lands $150 million in new funding. Watertown Patch reported that a Watertown biotech company secured $150 million in new funding, though the newsletter did not identify the company by name.Watertown Patch

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