Vol. 33, No. 50 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday 617-387-2200 Friday, December 13, 2024 ‘GREEN’ MEANS ‘GO’: Malden City Council unites, approves spending close to $7 million for major, citywide projects City legislators back Mayor’s request for reserve fund spending on traffic slowdown, infrastructure rehab work for roads, garages, park & school By Steve Freker M alden City Councillors united in support of a five-project list of key community initiatives totaling nearly $7 million Tuesday night. Addressing some pressing needs in several different areas of concern, the City Council unanimously backed a major investment requested by Mayor Gary Christenson, formally sending the quintet of initiatives forward. PROJECTS| SEE PAGE 10 GARAGE REPAIRS: The Malden City Council approved the expenditure of $1.5 million in funding for repairs and rehabilitation projects for the Jackson Street Garage and CBD Garage. (Courtesy/City of Malden) TRAFFIC CALMING: Speed tables, speed berms, speed “bumps” and other methods are all used to initiate traffic calming. The Malden City Council voted to approve $1.5 million in funding for this citywide project. (Courtesy Photo) Malden Public Schools central district administrators present results of DESE Accountability Report Malden ahead of peer districts, meets DESE targets in most areas, looking to improve absenteeism rates in all grades By Steve Freker T he Malden Public Schools are on par or ahead of their peer districts and meet state targeted expectations in most areas, including MCAS scoring, student absenteeism and high school graduation rates. There is still work to do and plans are in the works to address lagging numbers in district absenteeism in some grade levels, according to central administration representatives. That was the report given at a recent Malden School Committee meeting. SALEMWOOD SCHOOL PLAZA: The Malden City Council approved spending $500,000 to fix an ongoing safety hazard at the school involving the settling of the building. (Courtesy/City of Malden) Longtime Beebe teachers retire with a celebration It was basically a “Part Two” continuation of a report begun at the October School Committee meeting. The various areas of attention – which central administration addresses continually on a yearround basis – are all graded on a one-to-four scale by the state Department of Elementary and SecDESE| SEE PAGE 9 Pictured from left to right: Mayor Gary Christenson, Katie Valley, Tina Buonomo, Superintendent Tim Sippel. Special to The Advocate M ayor Gary Christenson and Superintendent of Schools Tim Sippel congratulated longtime Beebe School educators KaRETIRE| SEE PAGE 7
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