Author: John Lynds

Salary Hike Divides Winthrop School Bd.

The Winthrop School Committee’s (WSC) voted to raise Assistant Superintendent of Schools Lisa Howard’s salary from $105,000 to $120,000 per year. Howard’s contract was set to expire so the WCS voted 3-2 to approve a four year contract that will…

McKenna Downsizes School Budget

Winthrop Town Manager James McKenna released his recomended budget for Winthrop Public Schools totaling $16,563,000 last week. While the Winthrop School Committee voted to adopt a $16,722,000 level service budget McKenna approved slightly less but the budget still reflects a…

School Building Project

Winthrop School Superintendent John Macero met Wednesday with the Massachusetts School Building Authority and said the Town is ine step closer to building a new High School Middle School facility. In January the Winthrop School Building Assistance Committee (SBAC) voted…