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According to a 2024 article in Education Week, a publication that has covered K-12 education news since 1981, there are approximately 13,000 public school districts in the United States. The vast majority – possibly has high as four out of every five – provide transportation for students at public expense. Meaning, any child who wants a ride can get one and no fee is charged to the family. [1]  Amongst those districts that charge fees, there is a broad array of variability, b

A concerned Peabody resident who wants to remain anonymous reached out to our campaign and provided the below thoughts.

According to the MA Department of Education, the “Total Expenditures per Pupil” in Peabody was about $18,874 in 2023. Now, that sounds like a lot – but when you look at the other 397 school districts in Massachusetts, Peabody is pretty far down the list. There are about 280 school districts that spend more per pupil than Peabody does. There are only about 110 school districts that are spending less.

There already exist curbside composting solutions that many Peabody residents have purchased. One way to quickly and easily reduce the amount of waste we are having incinerated and buried is to encourage more individual households, condos, apartment complexes, and businesses to use these composting services. Every ton of food waste these folks compost is another ton the rest of Peabody’s taxpayers don’t have to pay to have incinerated and buried.