To our fellow Hopkinton residents: We urge everyone to support the board of education’s proposed compromise budget. This budget seeks to balance the genuine financial difficulties of many of our fellow citizens with the needs of Hopkinton’s nearly 1,000 school students. Your yes vote on Saturday will acknowledge the needs of our students, while also being clear that going forward we must find a way to effectively address the needs of those taxpayers who are having serious difficulty paying their tax bills.
Most of us were educated in public schools supported by our taxpayer parents and grandparents. They recognized that public schools provide not only an education which prepares children for productive private lives, but also provide experiences which prepare them for their roles in civic life. In normal times, our schools serve as centers where we come together to enjoy sports, plays, to vote and to remember that we are a community.
So please vote yes to support the carefully reduced school budget. Vote yes to preserve our schools and our community.
MIKE and JANET WARD
Contoocook