By Madeline Hughes mhughes@andovertownsman.com Jun 29, 2021
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After two denials, Fusion Academy, a non-traditional chain of schools, is suing the Andover School Committee, the district and multiple employees to be allowed to operate.
Attorneys for the Detroit-based private school company that offers a hybrid learning curriculum for middle and high school students, filed the lawsuit in federal court Monday, alleging Andover s refusal to grant operating permission to the school goes against constitutional academic freedoms.
Massachusetts state law requires school committees to approve private schools in their district only if âits instruction equals the public schools in the same town in thoroughness and efficiency and that private students are making the same progress as public school students.â There s little regulation around private schools, including no licensing requirement for teachers, nor a time requirement for how long st
UpdatedFri, Feb 19, 2021 at 2:18 pm ET
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The town manager s recommended Fiscal Year 2022 budget includes several million in reserve funds. (Shutterstock)
NORTH ANDOVER, MA The North Andover town budget would increase just under 1 percent, under the recommended Fiscal Year 2022 budget recently presented to the Select Board by Town Manager Melissa Murphy-Rodrigues.
Total general fund spending would grow to $112.8 million, up from $111.7 million in the Fiscal Year 2021 budget.
Speaking to the Board at their Feb. 8 meeting, Murphy-Rodrigues projected that excluding reserves, revenues would increase about 2.35 percent.
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The property tax levy would increase by 3.61 percent while local receipts would fall 3.55 percent, due to continuing pandemic effects. Town officials are projecting level funding for state aid.