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Reading Morning Brief, Oct. 24: Board challenges MWRA sewer cost plan
Select Board votes to challenge MWRA plan that could push sewer costs to $68.4 million. From our own coverage: Select Board votes to challenge MWRA sewer costs; School Committee presses MCAS scores while setting Turner goals.
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- Select Board votes to challenge MWRA sewer costs The Reading Select Board weighed a letter challenging an MWRA sewer overflow plan that could push the town's cost to $68.4 million. Members also objected that newer MWRA communities skip buy-in fees Reading already paid.Reading News
- School Committee presses MCAS scores while setting Turner goals Reading School Committee pressed administrators on stagnant MCAS scores, with member Thomas Wise noting the district ranks 18th in spending but seventh to 13th in achievement, while setting evaluation benchmarks for new Superintendent Turner. Staff also flagged a $90,000 unbudgeted special education tuition increase.Reading News
- Council on Aging weighs senior lunch funding The Reading Council on Aging weighed funding for senior lunch programs through June while members questioned an unexplained $20,000 budget line and a surplus returned to the town, days before the town's $6.5 million override vote.Reading News
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