EV RETEVT V E ER T Vol. 35, No.14 -FREET www.advocatenews.net Your Local News & Sports Online! Scan & Subscribe! ADDOCCO TEAT Free Every Friday Rep. McGonagle secures $300K for Everett as Mass. House passes supplemental budget Secured funds for Everett Square redesign and reconstruction 617-387-2200 Friday, April 10, 2026 SUpT. HART SEEKS pUBliC iNpUT How do you envision Everett Public Schools in 3 years? Special to Th e Advocate S uperintendent William Hart invites you to be an THE PEOPLE’S BUSINESS: State Representative Joe McGonagle, center, is shown with Mayor Robert Van Campen, left, and Special Asst. to the Mayor Chris Connolly at a recent meeting in the mayor’s offi ce at city hall. (Courtesy photo) Special to Th e Advocate O n March 18, 2026, Rep. Joe McGonagle, along with his colleagues in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, passed (150-3) a $1.8 billion supplemental budget that invests $885 million in public transportation and $417 million in public education and funds several Fiscal Year 2026 deficiencies. The supplemental budget also includes the tax conformity legislation fi led by Governor Maura Healey that delays the Commonwealth’s alignment with the corporate tax changes passed by Congress FUNDS | SEE PAGE 3 F. J. LaRovere Insurance Agency, Inc. 492 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 617-387-9700 phone 617-387-9702 fax INSURANCE FOR AUTO, HOME, AND BUSINESS We offer very competitive rates, and by representing many different companies we can shop for the best price for our customers. Call us today! Open Monday – Friday 9am-5pm and Saturdays 9am-12pm Messinger Insurance Agency 475 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 617-387-2700 phone 617-387-7753 fax active participant on our Strategic Planning Stakeholder Team as we work to shape tomorrow’s EPS. Everett Public Schools is launching a collaborative, strategic planning process to identify priorities for the district’s future. This groundwork for a district-wide strategic planning process is aligned with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Planning for Success framework. The goal is to produce a clear and practical three-year strategic plan that will guide district improvement efforts during this period. This is an opportunity to develop strategic priorWilliam Hart Superintendent EPS ities and initiatives, review district data and determine best practices and strategies that we will implement over time. It will also give Everett stakeholders a voice and means to explore key priorities through HART | SEE PAGE 15 School Committee begins FY27 budget work amid state aid cuts By Neil Zolot T he Everett School Committee is beginning its work to formulate the Fiscal Year 2027 School Department budget. At its meeting on Monday, April 6, it referred the matter to a meeting of the Budget Subcommittee of the Whole on Thursday, April 16, during which they will review the budget in detail. “There will be challenges given Chapter 70 state aid will be diminished,” Schools Superintendent William Hart acknowledged. “We’re looking at diff erent ways to manage this.” “We’re hoping we can fi nd creative ways to fund the budget,” School Committee member at-Large and Chair Samantha Hurley added. A Committee or Subcommittee of the Whole meeting convenes an entire committee as an informal study group to discuss issues in detail, but not as a voting body. The current Fiscal Year 2026 school budget is $142.1 million, a 4.9% increase over $135.5 million in Fiscal Year 2025, which was a 5.21% increase over $128.6 million in Fiscal 2024. Hart is planning on an increase of about 5%, about $7.1 million, for Fiscal Year 2027 for a Level Service Budget or one that maintains level services with additional funding needed to cover cost FY27 BUDGET | SEE PAGE 15
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