Maldden alld a Vol. 32, No. 6 den AADD -FREEBy Steve Freker M alden State Senator Jason Lewis (D-Malden, 5th Middlesex) on Monday night delivered what had to be the most detailed, exhaustive explanation any Malden offi cials have ever received on the all-important Chapter 70 school funding program. The Senator also explained about how the Student Opportunity Act (SOA) aff ects Malden and other Massachusetts communities’ school budgets. Also in attendance at Monday’s meeting were local state legislators Reps. Steven Ultrino and Paul Donato. But while the members of the Malden School Committee may have had their understanding of Chapter 70 funding enhanced considerably, the complexity and innate unpredictability of the process remained. Sen. Lewis did bring some brighter news, indicating that Malden’s Chapter 70 funding amount will increase EDUCATION | SEE PAGE 11 By Steve Freker Malden State Senator Jason Lewis (D-5th Middlesex) and Malden State Representative Steven Ultrino (D-Malden) were both in attendance at Monday night’s Malden School Committee meeting, with Sen. Lewis making a presentation on Chapter 70 state education funding. Representative Paul Donato (D-Malden, Medford) was also in attendance. Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D-Malden, Melrose), who has also been active on education issues regarding Malden, was unable to attend. (Advocate Photo) Maldonian named Children’s Trust ‘Faces of Prevention’ award recipient Award acknowledges family support professionals who go above and beyond to support families and prevent child abuse Special to Th e Advocate O n January 16, the Children’s Trust announced that Malden resident Anthony Rizzuto has received its Faces of Prevention award, which honors and recognizes family support professionals across Massachusetts who go above and beyond to support families and prevent child abuse. The Children’s Trust is the state’s child abuse prevention agency. “Tony’s expert knowledge of child sexual abuse prevention best practices and supporting policies, as well as his extensive exAnthony Rizzuto Children’s Trust Faces of Prevention Award Recipient perience working with local, state, and national agencies on this subject, has enabled the Children’s Trust to improve our work within the agency and beyond,” said the Children’s Trust’s Parent Content and Prevention Specialist, Delbar Mamedzade, who nominated Rizzuto for the award. “Tony is a major source of our quality improvement in our prevention work and he makes us better!” Rizzuto has worked with the Children’s Trust for over 20 years on its child sexual abuse prevenAWARD | SEE PAGE 4 M alden has declared that winter has essentially concluded and that if anyone disagrees... let them eat snocones! That’s right. In a bold move on Wednesday, freshly appointed weather seer Gary Christenson (who moonlights as Mayor Malden) announced on Twitter that the City of Malden was lifting winter parking restrictions just a week and one day after installing them for the fi rst time in three years. “Malden’s weather forecast, a lot of snow in February with a 90% chance I’m wrong,” the message blared. In January, the city announced it was going back to the former winter protocol with a list of Winter Parking Regulations – led by parking on even side of the street only – as of February 1 “due to a snowy weather pattern ahead.” On Wednesday, city offi cials made the decision that pattern did not develop nor is there anything on the horizon. As a result, eff ective immediately, the city lifted all winter parking restrictions. According to City of Malden communications spokesperson Ron Cochran, “We will also continue to do all we can to help our residents through the winter season while balancing the need to have safe and passable streets.” Cochran also reminded residents, “However, we must be mindful that the New England weather is known to change in an instant, so we encourage residents to be sure they are signed up for our Malden Alerts system as well as following our website and social media for updates. To sign up please visit www.cityofmalden.org/maldenalerts” For the present, the forecast is temperatures in the WINTER | SEE PAGE 11 $3.65 GALLON We accept: MasterCard * Visa * & Discover Price Subject to Change without notice 100 Gal. Min. 24 Hr. Service 781-286-2602 The New Advocate Online: www.advocatenews.net CT AT 617-387-2200 www.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday Malden School Committee received detailed analysis of Chapter 70 state funding for education Sen. Lewis: Malden’s Chapter 70 school funding woes are real, efforts being made for potential budget relief OCATE E Friday, February 10, 2023 Malden declares victory over winter and calls it a day! City lifts all winter parking restrictions and looks right past last month of this season toward Spring Malden Mayor Gary Christenson made an announcement on Twitter on Wednesday that all Winter Parking Regulations are lifted immediately due to the new weather forecast, which shows that there are no concerning snow events coming to the Greater Boston area in the remaining weeks of the winter season.
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