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Residents press school committee on funding and accuse mayoral ally of intimidating a member
Summary
During public comment, residents urged a midyear appropriation to restore school staffing and services, and at least one speaker accused the mayor's husband of intimidating Member Mike Stein; the committee did not respond during public comment and no formal follow-up was recorded.
Public commenters at the Jan. 8 Northampton School Committee meeting pressed the new committee to act on school funding and raised an allegation about an in-person confrontation involving the mayor’s husband.
Gaurav Jasnani urged the committee to seek a midyear appropriation to restore staffing the committee had approved in its 'strong' budget last spring but said the mayor reduced that request by roughly $2.7 million when sending a budget to the city. Jasnani cited Bridge Street Elementary as a site of disproportionate need, reading figures he said were drawn from committee slides — including that the school was roughly 15%…
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