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Disgusted

Taymore, Not Trained in the Art of Communication, Uses 10K of Tax Dollars to Communicate

Thank you to Mr. Leibowitz for once again providing a clear window. This man deserves a Pulitzer for his coverage of our homegrown Watergate otherwise known as MPS. This is more of the beyond-the-pale agita-making bullpucky from a rogue administration that thinks...

Views: 414 Replies: 4

Last Post: Feb 17, 2016 12:37pm
by This

Parent

Fed Office of Civil Rights Condemns Melrose Administration

Today Aaron Leibowitz of the Melrose Free Press reports on the OCR Letter of Findings, and it is a da#ning scenario, outlining the comprehensive failures of the Melrose administration (schools and city since the city solicitor was primary in advising the district, wh...

Views: 830 Replies: 10

Last Post: Feb 14, 2016 2:27pm
by Just the beginni...

MPS Evaluations

NEEDS IMPROVEMENT

Interesting "DATA" about the evaluation results of the teachers and administrators on the front page of the Free Press on Thursday. "Needs Improvement". The MPS has needed improvement for a long time, although the school committee has continued to describe the "lead...

Views: 540 Replies: 4

Last Post: Feb 9, 2016 7:54am
by Disgusted

Diversity ?

Commission on Women

It will be interesting to see the appointments to the new Women's Commission. Diversity is assumed but it remains to be seen. With the OCR investigations about the MPS and how the city has responded, it is crucial that this new program on women is representative of...

Views: 1109 Replies: 26

Last Post: Feb 4, 2016 2:03pm
by El Presidente

Friend of the Court

OCR Findings and Documents Now Online

http://melroseschools.com/administration/presentations/ocr/ Thanks to the diligent efforts of Mr. Leibowitz, Ms. Wright, Mr. Dittmar, and several others, the full Findings document has now been posted, along with the resolution, etc.

Views: 1186 Replies: 32

Last Post: Feb 3, 2016 11:05pm
by MFD

ugh

MPS stuck with Asst Super who didn't get Tewks job

And this is the person CT "chose" (again) to be civil rights/harassment officer (because obviously she did such an excellent job all these years and made sure our district always followed the law!) after the administration was found to have grossly violated the laws....

Views: 463 Replies: 3

Last Post: Jan 22, 2016 8:40pm
by MFD

Real Melrose

Says It All

Saw this on the What Melrose Wants post. Says it all. All Angles - Something's seems to be missing in your thinking unless you believe the principal and superintendent should have passed the whole investigation on to metco to conduct in a proper way. Since they di...

Views: 1025 Replies: 9

Last Post: Jan 22, 2016 2:35pm
by Confirmed

Tremont

Boston Globe

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/01/16/melrose-teacher-made-plantation-reference-black-student-civil-rights-office-says/nFsgzS9N4F5gqQeoZiicPM/story.html Interestingly, the comments section thinks it's not a big deal. The comments seem to blame t...

Views: 663 Replies: 5

Last Post: Jan 18, 2016 2:11pm
by skinner

Melrose's TRUMP

Cyndy's OCR BULL

CT's statement regarding the OCR investigation released today is pure "Trump B...SH.." Jessica Sacco, former Free Press shrill for Dolan/SC now works for a PR firm...her trumpeting the MPS line on this subject today is disappointing at best and suspect for many rea...

Views: 1128 Replies: 26

Last Post: Jan 10, 2016 9:16pm
by HM madness

Tremont St

PARCC

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/11/10/how-did-your-school-district-parcc/4BYDuEAfDsAO1e1a9Ouf9J/story.html?p1=Article_Recommended_ArticleText Melrose killed it on the English portion of the PARCC, scoring an 82, in line with Andover and Concord. Math was a...

Views: 1482 Replies: 35

Last Post: Jan 7, 2016 7:46pm
by Nice Spin

Don't rubber stamp

please !

Ed and Liz, please don't just be rubbers stampers and do something to change the SC and MPS...Both have been in deep trouble for a very long time....our kids, schools and city's reputation all have been deeply harmed...I had hope for Jessica D. the last time around b...

Views: 655 Replies: 9

Last Post: Jan 7, 2016 10:52am
by good riddance ma...

MPS is a 92

# 92 out of 100

Check out niche.com Things are not going well in the MPS...no matter how the SC, Mayor's office, BOA, MEF and hired PR firm attempts to spin things...we were rated a 92 out of 100...Shameful !!!!!

Views: 361 Replies: 1

Last Post: Jan 7, 2016 8:52am
by STATMAN

district

Once again Melrose Schools doesn't rank at all in top districts on niche.com

https://k12.niche.com/rankings/public-school-districts/best-overall/m/boston-metro-area/ #92 in Greater Boston area out of 100, near the absolute bottom With a super who's managed to take us down to and keep us at a Level 3 district, have us found guilty of civ...

Views: 262 Replies: 1

Last Post: Jan 6, 2016 10:37pm
by CT's team

MHS parent

MEF thinks it is the arbiter of what parents need to know

Prepare to lose your meal when you read the nauseating garbage put forth during the recent MEF "Parent University": http://d1868cr0a5jrv6.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/11/Parent-University-Presentation-November-14-2015.pdf Presentors ❖...

Views: 734 Replies: 13

Last Post: Jan 6, 2016 11:42am
by Parent

Civil Rights Activist

National Websites Discussing Melrose Schools Racism/Administration Problem

excerpts Great term: "Skilled incompetence" Great quote: "Fancy footwork is the fourth level. Fancy footwork happens when individuals try to deny the behavioral inconsistencies they exhibit, or else they place blame on other people, which results in distancing th...

Views: 277 Replies: 3

Last Post: Jan 3, 2016 7:56pm
by Malicious intent

Is This for Real?

Gay-Straight Alliance in the Middle School

Did you read in Thursday Free Press about the new club at the Middle School called “Gay-Straight Alliance”? Yes – these are students in our Middle School. To celebrate this type of diversity, the club has hung posters up at certain locations in the...

Views: 2272 Replies: 56

Last Post: Jan 1, 2016 12:09pm
by Jane Murray

Take Back Melrose

Coalition Forming for a Better Melrose

There are some community members joining with a couple of our civic leaders to call for action in returning Melrose to a more civil and decent community, where our elected and paid officials will be held accountable. The recent direct abuses of two of our elected off...

Views: 1456 Replies: 42

Last Post: Dec 24, 2015 6:30pm
by LOL

Stop It

Stop

Hurt people hurt people.......STOP IT!

Views: 313 Replies: 1

Last Post: Dec 22, 2015 9:20pm
by Observer

MHS Kids finding Success

Great work

Very proud of the MHS kids again this year. After last years stellar work leading to great college opportunities, this years class if off to a fantastic start. Melrose has 2 Brown early decision admits, 1 Tufts and 1 Harvard...those are early decision choices, I am...

Views: 432 Replies: 11

Last Post: Dec 18, 2015 11:13pm
by Clownster

AP Recognition

College Board recognizes Melrose Students

Nice article in the Free Press about MHS students ramping up their AP courses and test scores from 2013 through 2015. The College Board also recognized 8 outstanding teachers (out of 54 across the State)who have worked hard to help these students succeed. There are...

Views: 361 Replies: 0

Last Post: Dec 18, 2015 4:12pm
by AP Recognition

Aldermen Meeting

Aldermen Meeting

anyone see the change between city officials at the meeting. looks like someone is a little sensitive.

Views: 939 Replies: 21

Last Post: Dec 18, 2015 10:33am
by Hassan Ben Sober

The Truthsayer

School Committees Independence

In 1647m the Massachusetts Bay Colony mandated that every town within its jurisdiction establish a public school. Committees sprang up to run the institutions, and in the 1820s the state of Massachusetts made the committees independent of local governments, establish...

Views: 331 Replies: 3

Last Post: Dec 13, 2015 11:02pm
by Zzzzz ...

Info needed

Let the public know

I think a great way to get the public more involved and informed on what's happening at the SC meetings is to publish the weekly agenda in The Mayor's Blog, PTO's the Melrose MA Community Group FB page, Free Press, Melrose Weekly News and other social and print media...

Views: 646 Replies: 9

Last Post: Dec 13, 2015 8:31am
by MFD

MVMMS Gay/Straight Alliance

Bullying

Today's front page article in the FP regarding MVMMS was interesting. In light of how much bullying goes on at the middle school, (often around sexual identity issues) this is positive news. The school is in deep trouble regarding bullying and at least some action...

Views: 441 Replies: 8

Last Post: Dec 11, 2015 2:21pm
by Oh yes

Red Headed Stepchild

Ginger Day

So what so think about Kick a Ginger Day? Seems several middle school kids were injured today because they have ewd hair.

Views: 2294 Replies: 44

Last Post: Dec 10, 2015 1:20pm
by Yep

patricia wright

Melrose Alliance Against Violence Response to "Kick a Ginger Day"

Here is Rebecca Mooney's response to my email and my follow up response: Dear Ms. Wright, Thank you for your email. The message I read on the “Real Moms” Facebook page was the first I’d heard of the “Kick a Ginger Day” incident...

Views: 1370 Replies: 38

Last Post: Dec 10, 2015 7:15am
by Shiva

patricia wright

Happy Thanksgiving!

We have so much to be grateful for! Family...friends....and a beautiful day. [:)]

Views: 291 Replies: 2

Last Post: Nov 27, 2015 9:21am
by Cornucopia

Billy Coleman

Clicktivisim

Thoughts? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/javier-flaim/the-grey-area-of-clicktiv_b_4344303.html

Views: 246 Replies: 1

Last Post: Nov 25, 2015 10:13am
by Education

patricia wright

Hate Crimes in Melrose String Removed

Folks....you cannot copy and paste material that an organization claims a copyright privilege. I can't stand that either but it's the law. Although this is an "unmonitored" board, and I'm not up 24/7 I have an obligation to comply with the law when I see a violatio...

Views: 544 Replies: 6

Last Post: Nov 23, 2015 11:21am
by Real Facts

patricia wright

An Email sent to Rebecca Mooney Director of Melrose Alliance Against Violence

I just sent the following email to the Director of Melrose's Alliance Against Violence. I encourage you all to do the same. Dear Ms. Mooney I am deeply concerned about a recent response you posted on the Facebook Page “Real Moms of Melrose”. Th...

Views: 313 Replies: 1

Last Post: Nov 22, 2015 2:20pm
by MFD

Emily Litella

Incompetent Learning Forums

"Melrose Public Schools to hold competency-based learning forum" - Melrose Free Press Headline It's about time they decided to hold forums based on competence - all those incompetent learning forums the last few years were fairly sickening.

Views: 420 Replies: 7

Last Post: Nov 20, 2015 5:20pm
by What it all mean...

Angry insider

MD Intends to Be SC Chair Again and Biz Mgr Elsewhere

School Comm Nov 10 PT 2 https://vimeo.com/145349148 This is a disaster already unfolding. MD stated at the last SC mtg that she intends to be a candidate (meaning in the bag) for SC chair again. In case everyone has forgotten she was a horrible chair before and a...

Views: 501 Replies: 12

Last Post: Nov 18, 2015 6:30am
by More

citizen

Email Sent from Mayor Rob Dolan to the Supporters of Yes on the Override

Dear friends, It would be dishonest for me to tell you that I am not incredibly disappointed, both as a mayor and as a parent, in the results of yesterday's election. All of the emotions that follow a very hard fought campaign are natural and real, and they need t...

Views: 904 Replies: 19

Last Post: Nov 14, 2015 3:47pm
by Agree

???

under/over

whats the under/over on the chance that the subject of the override fail comes up at tonights meeting!

Views: 721 Replies: 9

Last Post: Nov 14, 2015 9:47am
by parent

MPS admin still clueless

Racism Assembly wasted opportunity

Presumably in response to OCR finding of racism, assemblies on race were held at the middle school and the high school recently. Typical of the Paymore/Dolan decisions, they cheaped out and hired an unqualified group that just created more racial tension at the schoo...

Views: 3540 Replies: 95

Last Post: Nov 13, 2015 1:15pm
by Parent is correc...

What the?

Rec Basketball

Travel basketball is now $500???? The girls have reduced their schedule from 48 to 16 games and the cost went up. Did the coaches get a raise? Did the gym fees in Melrose increase? We are already paying increases for services in this city why do we need a tax increase?

Views: 659 Replies: 6

Last Post: Nov 8, 2015 10:33pm
by Ridiculous

Don Bling

Private

Thank god my kid goes private. I couldn't imagine him coming home talking about this nonsense. Sexting scandals, racism, plummeting MCAS scores, and a middle/high school littered with long term substitutes.

Views: 395 Replies: 6

Last Post: Nov 8, 2015 6:52pm
by Don Bling

Amazing

43% (10,633) Blanks for School Committee! Mayor only gets 70% as Unopposed!

Lest these arrogant incumbents try to pretend they have a "mandate," the truth is quite striking. Nearly half of all who voted could not bring themselves to vote for those running for School Committee! The long-time mayor with no opposition had 30% of the voting popu...

Views: 883 Replies: 22

Last Post: Nov 6, 2015 6:41pm
by RATT

Numbers Game

New Melrose

The success or failure of the override will not be decided by the historical and traditional Melrose voter blocks. Historically Melrose has had 3 distinct groups on the “no” side. There is the hard and fast group opposed to any and all tax increases or...

Views: 1281 Replies: 24

Last Post: Nov 6, 2015 10:53am
by Bear

Parent paying attention

Today's School Spring Job Postings

Public Postings Date Job Title School/Site Jul 6 Wellness Teacher (.4) Melrose High School Jul 6 Elementary Visual Art Teacher - Long Term Substitute .6 Winthrop Elementary School Jul 2 Wellness Substitute Melrose High School Jul 1 Special Education Tea...

Views: 2389 Replies: 45

Last Post: Nov 6, 2015 9:51am
by Yes the facts

FBOOK

"Yes" way ahead on Facebook likes

As of 10:57am the "Say Yes to Melrose" Facebook page has 595 Likes as compared to 117 for the Melrose Taxpayers Alliance page. That is a margin of over 5 to 1. If this trend holds up in the voting booths it will be a landslide victory for the "YES" votes. In my opini...

Views: 715 Replies: 20

Last Post: Nov 4, 2015 1:42pm
by Sore Loser

Crazy

Free Press: Override Goes Down in Flames, SC and BOA Disaster

By Aaron Leibowitz and Matthew Reid melrose@wickedlocal.com November 04. 2015 12:12AM Override defeated by wide margin Mayor Rob Dolan's proposed Proposition 2 1/2 property tax override failed by a convincing margin in Tuesday's citywide election, with 61.1 p...

Views: 401 Replies: 7

Last Post: Nov 4, 2015 1:11pm
by No Job for You M...

Bullet voting

Bullet Voting

Remember folks the ballot will say "VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN THREE" for the School Committee and "VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN FOUR" for Alerman-at-Large. However, you don't have to vote for 3 on the SC and 4 At-Large. If you really like a candidate as compared to the other...

Views: 436 Replies: 6

Last Post: Nov 3, 2015 4:10pm
by No Norms

Sam

Yes for Melrose Cheaters?

Yes For Melrose Cheaters? I received a postcard from the Yes for Melrose group which came with a label affixed to the card and specifically addressed to “The Blank Household”. How did they get my name and address into their personal database capable o...

Views: 450 Replies: 6

Last Post: Nov 3, 2015 10:34am
by Banner on Main S...

Old Melrosian

Enough is Enough - Vote NO

Enough is enough. Generations of my family have lived in Melrose, six to be exact! I have watched a great school system hit an all time low. Why would we give a dysfunctional school department, that cannot manage their budget time after time, more money to reward...

Views: 610 Replies: 15

Last Post: Nov 2, 2015 5:42pm
by Next year

The Truthsayer

FREE PRESS WEBSITE STATEMENT ON YES MAILER

Clarification regarding override mailing Posted Nov. 2, 2015 at 12:09 PM MELROSE A note to our readers: It has come to our attention that a mailing was sent out to homes in Melrose with an image resembling the front page of the Melrose Free Press. The maili...

Views: 213 Replies: 2

Last Post: Nov 2, 2015 1:24pm
by sickening Yes Ca...

The Village Voice

Mass. Discrimination Suits

In Mass. the person who submits the claim to MCAD does not have to submit proof that they have been discriminated. They need only claim that they were discriminated against. It then becomes the burden, including substantial legal costs, of the person or company that...

Views: 675 Replies: 13

Last Post: Nov 1, 2015 9:04pm
by Not a party issu...

Won't Be Fooled Again

Disingenuous Facebook Discussion About the Override

For those of you who are part of the Melrose Community Group on facebook, I want to make you aware that your input is currently needed. One of the moderators posed a question about the override acting like she has hardly heard about it. You know, to get the discu...

Views: 595 Replies: 12

Last Post: Oct 31, 2015 4:57pm
by Perception vs Re...

The Truthsayer

WEEKLY NEWS OPPOSES OVERRIDE

The Melrose Weekly News, with the largest circulation in Melrose, today announced its opposition to the override stating, "We have never felt comfortable with overrides use to run government."

Views: 307 Replies: 2

Last Post: Oct 31, 2015 2:34pm
by voter

The Truthsayer

GOOD ADVICE FROM JOHN DOE

“ I know a lot of you are saying, ‘What can i do, I’m just a little punk. I don’t count.’ Well, you’re dead wrong. The little punks have always counted because, in the long run, the character of a country or town is the sum total...

Views: 266 Replies: 0

Last Post: Oct 31, 2015 12:23pm
by The Truthsayer

Melrose Cares: Open Community Dialogue