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Resident urges Town of Brookline to preserve world language program as receipts outpace forecasts
Summary
At a May 29 Select Board special meeting, resident Jeffrey Ellis told the Town of Brookline that town receipts through April — which he said were about $34,000,000 versus prior-year totals of about $38 million and $43 million — suggest the board should reconsider cutting the world language program. Staff responded that a program review identified structural problems and that restoring funding alone may not fix inequities.
Resident Jeffrey Ellis pressed the Town of Brookline Select Board on May 29 to preserve the town’s world language program, saying recent revenue figures indicate the board may be able to avoid the proposed cut.
"We already have 34,000,000 this year for a partial year with 2 months to go," Ellis told the board during the public-comment period. He contrasted that figure with prior-year receipts he cited as roughly $38 million and $43 million and said the town had been…
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