79.9% of the entire school budget is for salaries and 20.19% is for expenses. With a projected enrollment of 4,753 students for the 2008-2009 school year, the proposed budget of $44,840,000 represents an average of $9,434 per student.
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Schools Face Tough Budget for 2009

Program Cuts, Layoffs Necessary to Make Ends Meet for Schools
- Allison Goldsberry
After several years of avoiding painful budget cuts, Medford has been forced to make some tough choices for its schools as it faces a large budget shortfall for 2009.
Before school officials could even begin to piece together a budget for the next fiscal year, […]

Rising Costs, Unexpected Expenses Make for Tough Budget Season
The city will tackle putting together a budget in the next couple of weeks before fiscal year 2009 begins on July 1. 
Rising energy and health insurance costs, combined with unexpected expenses such as a fire at the high school last summer, have left the city scrambling to […]

Story Updated 10:22PM, Monday, March 24, 2008
The Medford School Committee, pictured at left, will meet Monday night at 7PM at the Medford High School library to interview candidates for Director of Finance and Administration.
The position has been filled by part-time interim business manager Roger Young since the beginning of the school year.
The candidates under consideration […]

- Allison Goldsberry
MCAS testing begins in March and will continue into early June. Children in grades three through twelve will be tested in various subjects.
According to School Superintendent Roy Belson, there are some changes with the exam this year. High school students will have to pass a science exam in addition to the math and […]

The Medford School Committee will meet Monday night at 7PM at City Hall.
At tonight’s regularly scheduled meeting the Committee is expected to discuss the 2008 MCAS exam schedule, the plan for the Brooks Elementary School for the March 4 special election, and the state’s proposed education budget for fiscal year 2009, among other items.
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School Committee member Fred Pompeo, pictured at left, has served as a public official in Medford for nearly 60 years. Photo courtesy Medford School Committee.
- Allison Goldsberry
School Committee member Fred Pompeo had a good one-liner when his colleagues surprised him with a birthday cake for his 90th birthday at Monday night’s School Committee meeting:
“We should […]

The Medford School Committee will meet Monday night at 7PM at City Hall.
At tonight’s regularly scheduled meeting the Committee is expected to accept an anonymous $2,500 donation to the Columbus Elementary School. Other items on the agenda include reports from School Superintendent Roy Belson on the budget, on-going improvements at the high school, and MCAS […]