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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Current list of the WPS boundary realignment working group. Next meeting is April 7.

wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I make $100 from Worcester Sucks each month to write WPS in Brief, so it doesn’t impact my livelihood like so many other artists and writers. But it’s still disappointing to see something I’ve honed over years stolen. Don’t use AI, please. It sucks.

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Mark Henderson @hendersonma.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Gread OpEd in today's T&G by @aislinn.bsky.social! Well stated! local.newsbreak.com/worcester-ma...

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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Worcester can support high-quality classroom tools while also setting firm expectations that students are learners, not data sources. Our children must always come first.

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Opinion/Guest column: City students need digital tools with safeguards

To be clear, this is not an argument against technology in education. It is a petition for transparency, accountability and modern safeguards.

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Cc: Alex Guardiola “She took all her sick days from 26 years in the district and worked with administrators to get the time she needed to care for Mary, spending nearly all her time on North Lake Avenue.” www.telegram.com/story/news/2...

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Community rallies to help Leicester girl, hospitalized for year with cancer, celebrate birthday

Maryangelie Rivas missed many milestones during her freshman year in high school, and she still faces at least a year and a half of chemotherapy.

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Budget squeeze, 2025 election, and teachers taking too many sick days? www.worcestersucks.email/p/wps-in-bri...

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WPS in Brief: July 2025

2025 election, grading policy fail, teacher sick days

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

WPS Budget Cut Due to Charter School Reimbursement Underfunding. An explainer and what you can do. www.wpsinbrief.com/p/wps-budget...

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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Can you imagine being the deputy superintendent of the second largest district in New England–a renowned expert in the field–and a school committee member turns to you and whispers "you better not screw this up" right before she votes to make you superintendent? So unserious.

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Hopefully Allen’s appointment will mean a seamless transition.

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

And as past school committee member Jack Foley said “He is regarded as one of the best, if not the best, CFOs in New England."

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

He brought transportation in house, improving the experience for students and families and saving the district millions of dollars.

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Brian is a rare Worcesterite who was born and raised here, but has a strong regional and national perspective.

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

But as someone who watches school committee meetings, Brian is not an unknown, in fact quite the opposite.

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

There’s a feeling among folks in Worcester who are not “in the know” that Brian Allen’s appointment was out of the blue. Having his name on the agenda item about appointing a new superintendent could have helped.

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Who is Brian Allen anyway? I’m so glad you asked…

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

*NEW ITEM* Mayor Petty put on a new item right before the 48 hour cut-off for adding something to a public meeting agenda. It reads: "To request Administration make School Committee aware of administrative personnel changes." www.worcestersucks.email/p/agenda-pre...

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Agenda Preview: April 17 School Committee Meeting

Vision of a Learner Part 2, Autism Awareness, Special Education

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

A new curriculum called Amplify Science was approved at the school committee meeting last Thur. Typically a curriculum should go to subcommittee first, but the admin asked for approval without going to subcommittee. That was approved unanimously. Not sure why it is on the agenda for this meeting.

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Currently there are over 25 sports offered at the high school level and 4 sports offered at the middle school level (plus intramurals). There are no sports offered at the elementary level.

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

The MIAA did not approve flag football as a varsity sport, but the Athletic Director is proposing to add it as a club sport and is requesting 12 new coaching positions (2 for each team) for next year at a cost of $12k.

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

There is a Teaching, Learning and Student Success subcommittee meeting Thursday, April 10 at 5pm. There are two items on the agenda: one on adding flag football as a high school varsity sport and the other on the new science curriculum for elementary schools.

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

The school committee had a meeting on Friday to go into executive session to discuss this. Worcester joined not as a plaintiff, but as a "declarant." www.telegram.com/story/news/l...

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Worcester joins federal lawsuit over Trump's education cuts, becomes declarant in case

The lawsuit was filed by the advocacy group Democracy Forward on behalf of the Easthampton and Somerville schools.

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Wondering what’s federally funded in WPS? A 🧵

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I try to get as much accurate information about our schools out there as possible. We don’t all have the same priorities for our schools, but if we aren’t all working with accurate information, having those conversations can’t be productive.

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

With concise briefs, I hope this newsletter can offer an entry point to understanding what’s happening in the governance of the Worcester Public Schools. It also means I am not including everything that happened at these meetings, but I provide other resources to get detailed information

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

My goal with WPS in Brief is to offer key takeaways from Worcester Public School Committee meetings and standing committee meetings, and help folks stay informed without feeling overwhelmed.

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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I started this substack because I was hearing from parents and educators that they wanted to know what was going on, but the hurdle for engagement feels so high, and it’s hard to know where to start. I get it, who wants to watch a subcommittee meeting where they talk about boilers for 30 minutes?

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