Letter to Education Secretary Paul Reville
This letter was written by WRSD Superintendent Dr. Thomas Pandiscio to Education Secretary Paul Reville regarding the governor’s cuts to regional transportation funding. I believe that it is one of the best attempts yet, to explain the inequity of this cut and the impact it has on our schools... [read more]
Massachusetts 9c Budget Cuts Don't Affect Eduction? Not True
The latest painful round of state budget cuts, was announced with the statement that education funds would not be cut. Massachusetts education funding is complicated, but don’t let the governor hide behind that complexity and leave regional school districts to clean up the mess!.. [read more]
Endorsements
I am truly grateful for the endorsements I have received. It is humbling when people you admire and respect take the time to write the paper and let others know their opinion of you. I want to share some quotes from these endorsements, in case you missed them... [read more]
Q & A On School Committee Candicacy
I was working with fellow candidate Dawn Torres-Gale last night on some phone banking to get out the vote in this highly contested election. In the process a few questions popped up. Generally if one person has a question, others will too, so I thought that I would post my answers here... [read more]
Steven Hammond Seeks Second Term on WRSD School Committee
Steven Hammond is the only school committee candidate with a record of leadership and commitment. His dedication to representing Holden on the committee is demonstrated by the number of hours he gave, missing only two meetings in three years. He served on the Education Subcommittee all three years, and was vice-chair for the last two. Steven was also vice-chair of the subcommittee to review the regional agreement and chair of the subcommittee to investigate educational disparity across the district. Finally, he served on the school councils at Davis Hill and Mayo schools and he regularly attended meetings of subcommittees discussing the budget with the towns and conducting performance reviews of the superintendent — not because he served on those committees but because it is important to understand the issues involved... [read more]
