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Member of the Pittsfield School Committee
MCLA ‘26 - Computer Science
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74) simplifying computer systems by taking control away from users because they are viewed is too incompetent (or too lazy to figure it out) has made computers, phones, etc. worse for everyone
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Additionally, I will be on Live 95.9 between 12pm and 1pm today promotions IEB's work and the new Neurodiversity Club on campus to help encourage people to donate to support more IEB initiatives like this!
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Please help support these initiatives if you can! Making sure every student feels a sense of belonging is very important in these challenging times.
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Another one: take a Chevy to a levy and eat pie
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Eat this card
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Just because a large share of Americans are against an issue doesn't mean they would swing their presidential vote just on that one issue.
And this stat also doesn't show how well American's are informed about trans rights issues (which is not much).
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And this one as well www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4s7...
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The inflation rate is still not covering actual inflation districts are seeing, and the Student Opportunity Act wasn't designed to make districts like Pittsfield get barely by but to improve on our services.
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Additionally, even though I feel the numbers in the Governor's budget were better than expected, potentially allowing us to have a level service budget, it doesn't mean that we cannot advocate for more funds to improve our services especially after last year's budget cuts.
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The local contribution could be increased, stay level funded, or decreased compared to the local contribution approved by the City Council last year (in effect using some of the Chapter 70 funding increase to offset the local contribution).
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3. We do not know what our city local contribution is. Though we receive most of our funding through Chapter 70 state aid, we also get money directly from the City. The Mayor and District Administration is starting to have that conversation on what the proposed local contribution will be.
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2. Will the proposed tariffs by the federal government impact cost increases for good and services the district receives.
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1. There is some level uncertainty with federal funding under the new administration, and it waits to be seen what the new administration is going to do with educational funding (ex. cut Title I funding for schools which would really hurt us, abolishing the Department of Education).