Page 10 THE REVERE ADVOCATE - Friday, April 12, 2019 Parents, teachers, students call on state delegation to update Chapt. 70 formula From left to right are Elena Grafton of Paul Revere Elementary School, Michael Walpole of A.C. Whelan Elementary School and Charlene Logue, also of A.C. Whelan, during the Fund our Future community forum at Revere High School last Wednesday night. By Tara Vocino P arents, educators, city offi - cials and students came together for the Fund our Future community forum to discuss what the state can do to end the age-old problem of public schools being underfunded. They advocated for additional funding for English Language Learner teachers, special education teachers and smaller class sizes. According to Revere Teachers Association President Erik Fearing, the state’s Promise Act calls for $18 million to be Aluminum Everett er 10 Everett Ave., Everett 617-389-3839 Owned & operated by the Conti family since 1958 • 61 Years! “Same name, phone number & address for over half a century. We must be doing something right!” Owned & operated by the Conti family since 1958 • 57 Years! family since 1958 • 60 •Vinyl Siding •Carpentry Work •Decks •Vinyl Siding ears! •Free Estimates •Fully Licensed •Roofng •Free Estimates •Carpentry Work •Fully Licensed •Decks •Roo ng ng • Fully Insured •• Replacement Windows Replacement Windows www.everettaluminum.com Now’s the time to schedule those home improvement projects you’ve been dreaming about all winter! Everett Aluminum Wearing pink are Women Encouraging Empowerment (WEE) members Claudia Cen, Olga Tacure, Lourdes Buenrostro and Liana Jorge Matute. Shown in the second row are School Committee Member Stacey Rizzo, Blanca Bedoya, Gladys Cordon, Zohra Khamis, State Senator Joseph Boncore (D-Winthrop), Maria Urena, Rashida Hassini, Mayor Brian Arrigo, Victoria Vautier, Natividad Hernandez, School Committee Member Gerry Visconti and School Committee Vice Chair Carol Tye. allocated to the Revere Public Schools. “It was based on a formula devised when the MCAS was introduced in 1994,” Fearing said during the forum last Wednesday night. “However, Revere High School junior Ayat Zakaria said the schools don’t have the resources that they need. that didn’t account for the infl ux of students with Revere having 8,000 students districtwide and an 80-percent highneeds population.” The district’s high-needs population is comprised of students who are disabled or low-income or who are English Language Learners who moved to Massachusetts after 1994, according to Fearing. According to Elena Grafton of Paul Revere Elementary School, the Massachusetts Teachers Association determined that Revere needs an $18 million budget infusion. Charlene Logue of A.C. Whelan Elementary School Gina Garro of Gar field Elementary School said that the money isn’t a gift but rather a state grant that has been owed for two decades. FORMULA | SEE PAGE 11 Spring!
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