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Truth andTransparency

The Melrose Taxpayers'

You can learn more in the coming weeks. The Melrose Taxpayers' Alliance will be educating you with accurate, factual information to help you make the right choice in the April 2nd election. This is an important vote, so be sure and make your decision based on facts,...

Views: 458 Replies: 5

Last Post: Feb 17, 2019 10:34pm
by Hopefully

patch reader

City Owes Residents Details Behind Dire Budget Projections; Trust but verify shouldn't be so hard

from Patch: City Owes Residents Details Behind Dire Budget Projections Trust but verify shouldn't be so hard By Jim Atkinson, Patch Poster | Jan 16, 2019 1:08 pm ET | Updated Jan 16, 2019 4:11 pm ET Last week during the school committee meeting, the superintende...

Views: 207 Replies: 1

Last Post: Feb 17, 2019 10:23pm
by Natural

Money doesn’t solve problems

Throw money at it and make it go away?

Money does not mean things will get better. Why is it when the last override failed.. the next year we had the most improved MCAS scores. Stop thinking money is the answer for everything..

Views: 181 Replies: 0

Last Post: Feb 16, 2019 1:29pm
by Money doesn’t ...

Allison Donovan

Allison Donovan

The news media identified former Lincoln Principal, Allison Donovan as the victim of the hit and run in Somerville days ago. Why hasn’t there been a posting of condolences on either the City of Melrose or the Melrose Public School pages? Disprespectful and Ins...

Views: 494 Replies: 9

Last Post: Feb 15, 2019 4:42pm
by Dolan!

Dat boi

Flex block for middle school

The middle school should have flex block every day change my mind

Views: 194 Replies: 0

Last Post: Feb 7, 2019 8:47am
by Dat boi

Pedro Morales

Wrestling Coach

What happened to the wrasslin coach? Did he get a better job? Didn't they just win the states a year ago? Fill me in. Is he still working at the HS?

Views: 1171 Replies: 4

Last Post: Feb 7, 2019 8:49am
by Fhbfidnebr

Public Safety versus Schools

Public Safety versus Schools

Self described “3rd Generation Melrosian” and One Melrose, Leader Mark Garipay states that the Override is not a “campaign of the schools against public Safety”. If this were true, school funding needs would have been part of a package which i...

Views: 528 Replies: 16

Last Post: Feb 2, 2019 9:42pm
by BOMBED WITH LIVE...

Resident

Survey

There is a survey on OneMelrose Facebook page asking how you will vote.

Views: 337 Replies: 6

Last Post: Jan 31, 2019 9:23pm
by Concerned Commun...

patch reader

Third Generation Melrosian Supports the Override

From Patch: Third Generation Melrosian Supports the Override “Let’s work together as a community to continue the path laid by the generation before us.” By: Mark Garipay, Patch Poster I Jan. 24, 2019 8:13PM ET I am writing in support of the Pro...

Views: 272 Replies: 7

Last Post: Jan 31, 2019 8:18pm
by Balance

Sanctioned Scams by Zero Credibility Officials

There is not a shred of reason ("inquiry-based," if you want to use the fad terms of the current administration) to believe the officials shilling for this override. In all the noise surrounding this latest attempt to scam the voters, it should be remembered that thi...

Views: 223 Replies: 1

Last Post: Jan 24, 2019 10:07pm
by Hackorama

band aid

fee for band participation assessed after marching season ends

As a band parent I received a bill a few days ago for a 50 $ activity fee,for the now past fall band season. Apparently last year, in February 2018 when activity fees where set by the School Committee they voted for no fee for marching band. Subsequently in March whe...

Views: 230 Replies: 4

Last Post: Jan 24, 2019 9:23am
by No Surprise

Bottom Linep

Bottom Line

The bottom lIne regarding an Override is affordability. The majority of residents in Melrose cannot afford it. The folks who live in houses valued at 900K might not worry about more taxes. The majority of Melrose residents are very worried about taxes. They worry ab...

Views: 363 Replies: 7

Last Post: Jan 21, 2019 10:30pm
by Melrose

Broken

Broken

GI’s ego is way out of control. She showed her increasingly delusional view of herself when she wore broken glass jewelry to Memorial Hall on Tuesday night. Women who earn top positions deserve to be proud of themselves when they break the glass ceiling. She wa...

Views: 347 Replies: 5

Last Post: Jan 20, 2019 11:11am
by Trump and Infurn...

patch reader

Melrose Resident Supports Override

From Patch: Melrose Resident Supports Override By Danielle McKnight, Patch Poster I Jan 10, 2019 7:46 pm ET I am writing to state my strong support for the override effort. I find the idea of further cuts to school and city services - clearly necessary if the ove...

Views: 306 Replies: 7

Last Post: Jan 20, 2019 10:28am
by What A Surprise!

Proud Son

My Mother

I want to post this because everyone is misinformed. My mother.. a mother of a bipolar son who needs continued treatment takes him in and helps him survive a tough time, without her he would be dead. You want to leave him behind? She doesn't. His daughter needs occup...

Views: 343 Replies: 6

Last Post: Jan 18, 2019 8:34pm
by Mother

Curious parent

Statement made by superintendent in Melrose Free

The Melrose Free Press last week reported the current METCO director is leaving for a position in Wellesley. The article seems to suggest the Salary for the next METCO director position depends on the override passing. With respect to the search for a new director th...

Views: 657 Replies: 15

Last Post: Jan 17, 2019 2:49pm
by Vortex

Turnoff

Turnoff

MCG turned off the Comment section at the end of Patch’s article on the Override. Shows how nervous the YES group is getting.

Views: 394 Replies: 17

Last Post: Jan 17, 2019 8:42am
by Individual 1

Parent

State Aide

Just heard Charlie Baker is backing bill for passage of mandatory school,aide for ALL school districts Maybe we should lower override request!

Views: 260 Replies: 7

Last Post: Jan 9, 2019 11:02am
by Individual 1

MCG Ban

MCG Ban

The Melrose Community Facebook page has stopped any discussion of the Override. Looks like City and Yes folks are getting the message that voters are not buying what they are selling. Many residents cannot afford it and many others do not trust Melrose politicians a...

Views: 422 Replies: 9

Last Post: Jan 8, 2019 7:20pm
by Truth andTranspa...

Unbelievable

The Truth Really Is Stranger Than Fiction

Over the past few days there have been a flood of posts by obvious trolls. They were reported to the admins. Earlier today, posts appeared attributed to the admins saying that the IPs of those trolls had been blocked. After emailing the admins to thank them for...

Views: 380 Replies: 2

Last Post: Dec 30, 2018 8:08pm
by Not Needed

Melrose Cares Admins

IP addresses of those trolling were reported and banned

Recently there was a fake post from someone claiming to be an administrator, supposedly banning IP addresses of the offensive trolls who were trying to flood this message board. This fake administrator was banned, as were the IP addresses of the others trolling the b...

Views: 362 Replies: 1

Last Post: Dec 29, 2018 8:57am
by Melrose Cares Ad...

Convict

Convict

I just read on another MM string that Ed O’C will be the next Chair of the Melrose School Committee. I do not follow the MPS closely since my last kid graduated from MHS 2 years ago. I had planned to vote YES on the Override until I saw that O’Connell was...

Views: 1066 Replies: 28

Last Post: Dec 28, 2018 3:20pm
by Opinion

Curious

Beebe

So why is there NO plan in place for the Beebe School? So the taxpayers will be footing the loss rental income but still no idea what’s going to be there. I am just curious. Also can the Superintendent and school comittee change what’s on the “list&...

Views: 866 Replies: 27

Last Post: Dec 28, 2018 3:27pm
by Opinion

worried

Over Ride MAILER

HELLO ALL. You will be receiving mailers for the YES vote on the override. I just got mine. Let me point out a few facts. If state funding is down why are the Alderman and Mayor not pushing our state rep to help instead they ask the Taxpayers of their communities to...

Views: 291 Replies: 4

Last Post: Dec 14, 2018 11:26pm
by Taste

Data & Facts

Instructive and Provocative Attrition Rates for Melrose Public Schools

These facts are food for serious thought, or should be! Why are so many students leaving at the end of 8th grade? http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/attrition/default.aspx?orgcode=01780000&fycode=2018&orgtypecode=5& 16.6% of All Melrose students leave the district at...

Views: 394 Replies: 5

Last Post: Dec 13, 2018 9:20pm
by Informed residen...

Info

School Median Salaries-Bureau of Labor Stats

I wanted to share this since the information in the override is so unclear. Below is the median average of what each position in the school makes. Pre-School Teacher 35,460 Kindergarden Teacher 67,640 Elementary School Teacher-71,380 Middle School Teacher 71,40...

Views: 834 Replies: 26

Last Post: Dec 11, 2018 6:47pm
by John

When?

When I will vote on the override!

When the city has a meeting on Taymore and discuss her mismanagement of the schools and staff. When the city explains to me why all these lawsuits happened at the school, how much as tax payers and does this get factored into the huge amount for the override. W...

Views: 497 Replies: 7

Last Post: Dec 11, 2018 6:38pm
by Relevance

John

Stoneham Teacher Salaries

Kindergarten Teacher $67,640 Elementary School Teacher $71,380 Middle School Teacher $71,400 High School Teacher $73,090 PE Teacher $44,140 There is a snap shot of Stoneham a town similar to Melrose. Taymore likes to use schools that have ZERO similarities, ty...

Views: 394 Replies: 6

Last Post: Dec 9, 2018 5:53pm
by Citizen Due Dili...

New

Monica For the People

I am new to town and began getting involved with the town when the override came. I went and met the Mayor who to be honest had zero answers. people started saying vote yes it will make the schools better. Well of course I want that but I can't afford a huge overr...

Views: 482 Replies: 4

Last Post: Dec 6, 2018 5:26pm
by For the kids? Re...

Free speech at SC meetings (not)

Melrose SC Public Comment Policy in Violation

A Middlesex Superior Court judge ruled on November 28th 2018 that portions of the Natick School Committee’s public comment policy violate the state constitution. Judge Maynard Kirpalani said the policy violates free speech rights. "The defendants violated free...

Views: 304 Replies: 4

Last Post: Dec 4, 2018 11:13pm
by Free speech at S...

Resident

Morals

Dolan leaves and says the town is in great shape and the schools are blooming. Then we get a mayor appointed by Alderman not by the people. They say go ahead take some money. Repeated they say its simple lets have a vote. Our kids and schools are not simple, Ta...

Views: 360 Replies: 2

Last Post: Dec 2, 2018 8:00pm
by Melrose

MHS

Melrose High School Teacher Placed on Leave

The following is a press release from the Melrose Public Schools regarding a staff member at Melrose High School. Though I cannot comment on the situation, I feel that it is important for you to know how much I care about the students at Melrose High School. Thank...

Views: 1498 Replies: 23

Last Post: Nov 29, 2018 8:27pm
by Resident

Scared

Override...

Another over ride, another calling to all, speeches and venom and blah blah blah. Vote yes of you hate our schools and our future. Guess what I vote no. I can't afford this over ride plain and simple. Elderly, disabled, disabled veterans all on fixed incomes does...

Views: 614 Replies: 15

Last Post: Nov 27, 2018 10:20pm
by Vote NO

Dsanders

PODS waste of tax payers dollars? Now more?

How much did the PODS cost and was that not a solution for 5-10 years while a plan was developed? Now no plan? Such a massive amount of money asked for my a mayor who was never elected by the citizens of the town? Now we spent all the money on the PODS and then if...

Views: 361 Replies: 5

Last Post: Nov 23, 2018 10:45pm
by Upside down

Confused

School Administration

I hear about all these teachers leaving for this and that. I listen to complaints about salaries and increases. No offense but private sector we don't get what they get. Now we have a 6% increase in the override. Who gets something so large like 6%. That is insa...

Views: 371 Replies: 4

Last Post: Nov 19, 2018 10:58am
by Yup

Concerned

More Staff Leaving the High School II ???

Needs to go!

Views: 2392 Replies: 43

Last Post: Nov 14, 2018 5:44pm
by shame

Beyond words

MVMMS students targeted, beaten

Why isn't information like this distributed to all MPS parents? We need to start addressing such issues with our children, in age appropriate language and age appropriate information given. Reminds me of the KICK A GINGER DAY at MVMMS a couple of years back under...

Views: 1929 Replies: 24

Last Post: Nov 6, 2018 11:17am
by again

Lane

Melrose: A Community Open to All" is just a sick PR slogan, at least or until this community decide

Melrose: A Community Open to All" is just a sick PR slogan, at least or until this community decides to fight back and make it real.The school's.

Views: 3080 Replies: 54

Last Post: Oct 30, 2018 8:08pm
by Melrose

raider parent

Small-Town Insecurity and Arrogance

An article today: "‘Arrogance.’ ‘Small-Town Insecurity.’ Here's Why Harvard Hesitates to Accept Some Applicants" Small-town insecurity and arrogance explain so much of what is wrong in today's Melrose culture. In the rather desperate need t...

Views: 390 Replies: 3

Last Post: Oct 26, 2018 10:17am
by MPS salaries

Melrose Cares

Back Online in honor of Patricia Wright and Bob Snow, May they Rest in Peace

Let's have some civilized and intelligent dialogue in honor of two late citizens who really cared about our community!

Views: 395 Replies: 9

Last Post: Oct 22, 2018 7:35pm
by Geezer

High School

Really Poor College Acceptanes

CT & MSC Making Melrose Great Again, apparently This year's graduating class had some of the worst college acceptance stats ever: 55 applied to Salem State and only 28 got in! 57 applied to UNH and only 27 got in! Wow.... This is appalling and should b...

Views: 1916 Replies: 50

Last Post: Jul 13, 2018 3:46pm
by Really

St. George

St. George

Why was the new Lincoln School Principal forced out of the Belmont Middle School Principal job to "seek other employment opportunities"? Most recently she was an "Interim". She has been a finalist for multiple jobs this year (lost recently in Framingham to MPS Wi...

Views: 715 Replies: 6

Last Post: Jul 9, 2018 9:14am
by Bottom of the Ba...

K parent

K space

Reading the Weekly and see that some schools are down 1or 2 in K classrooms. So why can’t they move 1 or 2 from the ECC Kindergarten and put them in the parents 1st choice ?

Views: 358 Replies: 1

Last Post: Jul 6, 2018 5:30pm
by Against Agenda

NO Override

Melrose Needs a Cleansing Flush, Not an Override

Melrose needs a cleansing flush. No Override. No MZ or Sam H and most of the current officials, starting with the entire school committee NEED TO BE VOTED OUT. They have failed over and over again. They are as corrupt (and incompetent) as the departed but still...

Views: 366 Replies: 1

Last Post: Jul 6, 2018 10:59am
by Dillon

Benefits

Water is it going up????

Obviously, meant appropriate use of retirees. One little secret Infurna and alderman have is approving Dolan's transfers of some of his city hall PR staff -- some of whom work PT for FT bennies -- to the Water and Sewer account. That way they pay for some salaries by...

Views: 786 Replies: 23

Last Post: Jul 5, 2018 10:33am
by bobby

Under

Override

So 4 principals will be leaving the Melrose School system. Some of those have not been here long at all and you think that an override will fix this? All the money in the world won’t fix the atmosphere. For the past several years Melrose hasn’t had luck w...

Views: 714 Replies: 11

Last Post: Jul 3, 2018 3:32pm
by 2019

Red Raiders

New Roosevelt Principal's Call to Action !

"We are the Red Raiders" is the proclamation by the new Roosevelt School Principal. Race based names and stereotypes in this day and age are insensitive and ignorant. Great start for the 4th Roosevelt Principal in 6 years.

Views: 22386 Replies: 282

Last Post: Jul 2, 2018 8:51pm
by Hot Sun

Wondering

Gym/Health classes at the Roosey

Why is Mr. Goodwin leaving and being moved to the Hoover School?

Views: 616 Replies: 3

Last Post: Jun 30, 2018 5:50pm
by guess

Dillon

Conway gone

On Thursday, June 21, 2018, 10:00 AM, MELROSE MIDDLE SCHOOL wrote: A message from MELROSE MIDDLE SCHOOL Hello MVMMS Families, I want to share some news with you. Tuesday night I was appointed the Assistant Superintendent for the Pentucket Regional Sc...

Views: 1472 Replies: 21

Last Post: Jun 30, 2018 12:49pm
by Curious

No transparency

Conflict of interest

As the former Chair of the "Yes for Melrose" Committee, it seems prudent that Jen McAndrew be removed from her current position on the SC. This is a direct conflict of interest as the override is being pushed by the Mayor (also currently on the SC).

Views: 643 Replies: 9

Last Post: Jun 26, 2018 12:50pm
by Marion

Melrose Cares: Open Community Dialogue