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Residents urge a restored speech-and-debate program and ask for transparency on audit
Summary
At the March 23 meeting, Jack Burke proposed a funded speech-and-debate program for Methuen schools and offered seed money; Maria Figueroa, a district employee, publicly asked whether new committee members had seen an unredacted audit and raised concerns about central office hours, staffing and bullying processes.
A proposal to restore a formal speech-and-debate program and public calls for transparency over an audit were the most prominent public comments at the Methuen School Committee’s March 23 meeting.
Jack Burke (introduced by the chair) urged the committee to establish a dedicated municipal trust fund, enroll Methuen High School and four middle schools in the…
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