2024-2025 School Year: 22 Positions Cut Elementary Schools Middle School High School

March 30, 2025: An overview of all three FY26 budget options and the impact on schools.  Budget 1: The City’s Targeted Budget – 20+ Cuts! SOS calls this the “Austerity Budget.” This austerity budget is the one the Mayor has committed to and said she supported in the March 27, 2025 School Committee meeting. It is…

Video Recording: Northampton Open Media 3-5-25 City Council Click here to read more public commentary given throughout the last year. “I looked at 20 schools around this area, 20 high schools around this area. I could not – could not – find a high school with a higher student-to-staff ratio than Northampton High School. Could not. “ Video Time:…

Support our Schools (SOS) celebrates victory in the city’s mid-year appropriation of almost $300,000 to schools. Since November, SOS has worked on a “Restore the Jobs” campaign for additional funds to address the underfunding crisis in public schools. March 6, 2025 Northampton, MA –  Support Our Schools (SOS) claimed success of its “Restore the Jobs,”…

Video Recording: Northampton Open Media 3-6-25 City Council Click here to read more public commentary given throughout the last year. “Paying now allows us to foster a supportive environment for the kids, the teachers, and the community. Paying later will come at a higher cost: a slow gutting of our kids, our teachers, our community, a distrust of…

The Northampton City Council met to discuss and vote on the 2024-2025 school budget on June 20, 2024. A meeting recording is available at the following YouTube Link: Northampton City Council 6/20/24 City Council met again on July 2, 2024 for an additional appropriation to the school budget.  The following are Councilor statements from the…

Video Link – Northampton Open Media: 2-20-25 City Council The following discussions and statements are transcribed from the 2-20-25 City Council meeting. At this meeting, 5 Councilors voted against a $600,000 allocation to the Northampton Public Schools and 3 Councilors voted to approve the funds. The motion failed 5-3. Mayor Sciarra speaks about financial order…

Video Recording: Northampton Open Media 2-13-25 School Committee Click here to read more public commentary given throughout the last year. 29:49 – I’ve been a Spanish teacher with Northampton public schools for 24 years at both NHS and JFK. I’m currently at JFK. I want to talk about what this year has been like. This…

“A lot of times in this city we’re told that there’s not enough money or the money is not the right kind of money for us to use for schools or for our children and so that’s why I’m here right now. And I really find that hard to believe, especially when the city produces…

Mayor’s FY26 Budget Forecast Continues Service Cuts for Northampton Schools  Sciarra provides no plan to address the underfunding impact on city’s public school children.   NORTHAMPTON, Mass., February 3, 2025 — Northampton’s mayor, Gina-Louise Sciarra, delivered her annual financial presentation on Thursday, January 30, at a joint meeting of the Northampton City Council, Northampton School Committee, trustees…