Schools to be included in override proposal

BY WILLIAM J. DOWD

For the first time in a public meeting, the Marblehead Select Board acknowledged that the funding needs of the Marblehead Public Schools would be included in the Proposition 2 1/2 override proposed under Article

31 of the 2023 town warrant. “We have been working hard to develop a more collaborative relationship with the town,” Superintendent John Buckey told the Marblehead Current, calling the Select Board’s direction “a very encouraging sign.”

Buckey added, “The Select Board’s inclusion of the schools in its override request affirms that they recognize the school district’s financial constraints and will join us in asking voters to invest appropriately in public education here in Marblehead.”

The statement of the board’s