CHARLEMONT School and town officials have sent Gov. Maura Healey a letter urging her to fund an annual appropriation of $60 million directed entirely at rural and declining-enrollment schools.“Now is the time to act. The state has considerable.
With a somewhat muted forecast for tax collections, which is how local municipal aid has historically been calculated, a string of towns and cities highlighted to Gov. Maura Healey the financial pressure points they face and their hope that the new team will make additional state dollars available.