Ellen Holmes
2021 President
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Hosted by MASC Division I
Monday, January 25
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Panel presentation and discussion with committees that have conducted community conversations around reconsidering/retiring their current school district mascot.
Moderator: Beverley Griffin Dunne (Peabody/Essex Tech.), Chair, Division I
Panelists: To be announced
Join MASC Division IX for a presentation by Colin Jones of MassBudget on the Student Opportunity Act: Looking back, looking ahead.
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 7 pm. Please invite your superintendent and business manager to join you at this presentation.
Register in advance via Zoom here and a link will be sent to you ahead of the meeting.
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education met for their regular meeting on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 9 am. The agenda can be found online here; the livestream can be viewed here.
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education held their regular November meeting on Tuesday, November 24 at 10 am in Malden. The agenda can be found online here; the livestream is here.
The House Committee on Ways and Means has released its FY2021 budget recommendations. MASC General Counsel Stephen Finnegan has released an overview and brief analysis of the House Ways and Means budget in a new Legislative Bulletin.
MASC's 75th annual meeting was held remotely on Saturday, November 7, convening at 1:00pm. A total of 143 delegates representing school districts across the state were registered and participated in the deliberations of the meeting.