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Reading Public Schools CFO Gail Dowd was honored by the Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials. (Shutterstock)
READING, MA The Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials, a non-profit that provides professional development for financial officials in public school districts, honored Reading Public Schools CFO Gail Dowd with the John F. Conway Distinguished Service Award.
The award recognizes the accomplishments of MASBO members relative to enhancing the effectiveness of a school district in addressing its educational mission. It was established in 2005 and comes with a $1,000 contribution to the district in honor of the recipient.
Dowd led a successful $4.15 million override ballot question that was supported by taxpayers in 2018. The question was supported by over 60 percent of voters, leading to the first successful override in Reading in over 15 years, MASBO said.