Have a Happy St. PHave a Happy St. Patrick's Day!atrick's Day! Vol. 32, No.11 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net tt Free Every Friday 617-387-2200 Friday, March 17, 2023 Sen. DiDomenico’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration a huge success Special to Th e Advocate T he annual DiDomenico Foundation St. Patrick’s Day Celebration hosted by Senator Sal DiDomenico has become one of the most anticipated events of the year, and this year did not disappoint. Over 500 people attended the St. Patrick’s 4.50 9 Month CD Savings make dreams possible. NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE SAVING FOR, THIS RATE IS HARD TO IGNORE. Here’s your chance to run the numbers in your favor. Everett Bank’s 9 Month CD with an amazing 4.50% APY* gets you closer earnings with Everett Bank’s 9 Month CD. Go to everettbank. com to easily open your account on-line in just minutes. Open your account on-line in minutes! %APY* Governor Maura Healey is shown being greeted by State Senator Sal DiDomenico and his wife, Tricia at the senator’s annual DiDomenico Foundation St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. City Council approves to submit MSBA Application for new High School By Tara Vocino T he City Council voted 8-0 to approve a resolution to authorize the Superintendent of Schools to submit a statement of interest to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) expressing interest in building a new high school, with the intent being to eliminate/prevent current and future overcrowding in the Everett Public Schools, during their meeting on Monday night at City Hall. The School Committee ap*Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is accurate as of the date posted and is subject to change without notice. APY assumes that interest SINCE 1921 Messinger Insurance Agency 475 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 Phone: 617-387-2700 Fax: 617-387-7753 NEW COMPETITIVE AUTO RATES AND BENEFITS AVAILABLE ACCIDENT FORGIVENESS DISAPPEARING COLLISION DEDUCTIBLE 11% DISCOUNT WITH SUPPORTING POLICY 10% COMBINED PAY IN FULL DISCOUNT AND GREEN DISCOUNT 10% GOOD STUDENT DISCOUNT Celebrating 100 years of excellence! Monday thru Friday: 8am to 6pm Saturdays 9am to 1pm! Check out our NEW website! www.messingerinsurance.com proved this request 10-0 at the March 6 meeting. According to School Committee Chairperson Michael Mangan, the district is almost 500 students over capacity. Councillor-at-Large Stephanie Smith asked Supt. Priya Tahiliani if the statement of interest was similar to the one submitted last year. Tahiliani responded that it is a similar application with the district’s enrollment updates and suggestions to increase school space. The district submitted last year’s statement of interest around this time last year, and they found out last winter that it wasn’t accepted. Ward 6 Councillor Alfred Lattanzi asked if Tahiliani could share the “involved” statement of interest with council members. She said absolutely and that it has already been sent. Ward 2 Councillor Stephanie Martins asked what the process looks like after the statement of interest is submitted. “The estimate is 8 to 10 years,” Tahiliani responded. “That includes obtaining community input, running a schematic design and choosing a site location.” Day Roast and saw the top elected offi cials in the state roasting themselves and each other. SEN. DIDOMENICO’S | SEE PAGE 18 Martins asked if the statement of interest includes a site location. Tahiliani responded that it’s just that — a statement of interest about building a new school. Ward 3 Councillor Darren Costa asked if the Pope John property was included in last year’s proposal. Tahiliani replied that it wasn’t since the school district doesn’t own that building. The Pope John site was also originally intended to address overcrowding in the younger grades, not at the high school level. However, they could revisit that situation, both at the City Council level and at the School Committee. Councillor-at-Large Richard Dell Isola asked how the site location is chosen. “There were several diff erent plans and prospective locations that could have been used,” Tahiliani said. “By Massachusetts General Law, the municipality is required to provide adequate school space.” She continued that many gateway cities are overcrowded and that the MSBA wasn’t able to approve as many projects as they had hoped due to inflation. “We’re not the only district that needs space,” Tahiliani said. “There’s only so large of a pot of money available.” Costa asked if anyone has talked dollars and cents about building a high school with CTE programming at Rivergreen Park. She deferred that question to Chief Financial Offi cer Eric Demas. “If we’re looking at costs per student, using the bones we have in Pope John is the cheapest alternative,” Costa said. Smith recommended favorable action. The agenda item passed by a roll call vote, 8-0.
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