Mayor Joyce Craig said she plans to “lead from the neighborhoods, not from behind my desk,” and promised to hold regular “office hours” at businesses, retirement communities, schools and community centers, to “make City Hall more accessible to everyone.”
Four hours of circular debate resulted in no actual decision on a school budget by the Manchester Board of School Committee.
The public is invited to attend the first meeting of the special subcommittee on redistricting on Thursday, March 31 at 5:30 p.m.
It is the responsibility of the Mayor to present a fiscally responsible budget year after year. It is the responsibility of the Mayor to be a good steward of the taxpayers dollars. It is the responsibility of the Mayor to not obligate taxpayers, and other boards, to a future of recovering from reckless spending. This is the commitment I have made to the taxpayers of Manchester, one that I do not take lightly and one that I will never ignore – to do so would be irresponsible.
Last night the Board of School Committee voted to conditionally accept a draft of the Manchester Academic Standards, which have been