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After debate, school committee rescinds joint vote on city letter seeking relief for school transportation costs
Summary
Following debate and member concerns about unintended budget consequences, the school committee rescinded an earlier joint‑meeting vote to cosponsor a city council letter seeking state action on transportation funding; members continued to urge both local redistricting and broader advocacy to address steep transportation costs.
The Farver School Committee on April 29 rescinded a prior vote taken at a joint meeting with the city council that had authorized the committee to cosponsor a city council letter to state legislators about transportation funding.
At the April 7 joint session councilors had proposed sending a letter asking for relief and adjustments to how school transportation is funded. Several school committee members, including Colin Dias and Mimi Larrabee, said they initially supported the idea as a prompt to bring more attention to…
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