EV Vol. 30, No.13 -FREEEVE ER TT AADD Attention: Covid Vaccine Available at Pope John HS Sat., 4/3 by Appt. Only–Call 311 CTE OCAT AT www.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday 617-387-2200 From foundation to finish, let’s make it happen. TALK TO JOE ABOUT OUR COMMERCIAL AND CONSTRUCTION LOANS. WE’RE READY TO HELP YOU GET STARTED. GENEROUS DONATION: The Old Navy store in Gateway Plaza donated four bags of new clothes to the Whittier School on March 30. Shown are Whittier School Principal Michael McLucas and Old Navy Customer Operations Manager Francine Piwinski. (Photo Courtesy of the Everett Public Schools) JOSEPH D. KEOHANE EVP & SENIOR LOAN OFFICER JKEOHANE@EVERETTBANK . COM 61 7-381-3622 School offi cials approve initial budget request of $129.3M By Christopher Roberson S 419 BROADWAY, EVERETT MA 02149 WWW.EVERETTBANK .COM/FOUNDATIONTOFINISH Member FDIC Member DIF 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 chool offi cials recently cast a unanimous vote to approve the district’s budget request of $129.3 million for fi scal year 2022 and to open negotiations with Mayor Carlo DeMaria and his administration. This year’s fi gure represents a whopping increase of $18.9 million over last year’s total budget fi gure. During her presentation on March 29, the district’s Chief Financial Offi cer, Anu Jayanth, said the schools are also requesting that an additional $35 million be allocated over the next three fi scal years. From that fi gure, $9.2 million has already been included in this year’s budget. The remaining balance would then be allocated in fi scal years 2023 and 2024. DeMaria said he appreciated that Jayanth and her colleagues had the foresight to develop a three-year budget plan. “Not to have to look midyear to take money from free cash – I like this – this is very good of you,” he said. From the total budget fi gure of $129.3 million, $26.3 million would be paid to the city in chargebacks and $5 million would be earmarked for special education transportation, thus bringing the total operating budget to $98 million. This fi gure represents a $10 million increase over last year’s operating budget. SCHOOL | SEE PAGE 2 E Friday, April 2, 2021 Style and Substance
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