School Committee

School Committee Begins Budget Review

Reading, MA — After a brief overview of the entire Fiscal Year 2023 budget by both Superintendent of Schools...

RPS to Expand METCO Program

Reading, MA — On the recommendations of METCO Director Kurtis Martin and Superintendent of Schools Thomas Milachewski, the School...

School Committee Provides Budget Guidance

Reading, MA — The School Committee provided overarching principles to district administration that will guide the creation of the...

RPS Reading Group to be Administration Led

Reading, MA — By a vote of 6-0, the School Committee chose to accept an administration-organized reading and literacy...

School Committee looks at YRBS, RMHS, and MCAS

Reading, MA — Three major presentations dominated the School Committee meeting on Thursday, October 14: the Youth Risk Behavior...

School Committee Review “Reading in Reading”

School Committee chair Thomas Wise presented the School Committee with a proposal from the Special Education Parents Advisory Committee (SEPAC) that the School Committee establish a “Reading in Reading Advisory Committee.” This group would seek to enhance literacy instruction by studying the issues involved, then offer suggestions to the administration and School Committee. Wise noted that as the SEPAC looked at the issue, it determined that literacy issues are “not just a Special Education topic.