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Key parts of BPS Deputy-CFO’s email release

On September 8, 202, Brockton Public Schools’ Assistant Financial Officer Christopher Correia filed a notice with the Mayor Robert Sullivan and the Brockton School Committee of a claim by Correia under the Massachusetts Whistleblower Protection Act claim pursuant to M.G.L.C. 149 sec. 185. Correia and his attorney attached numerous emails to back-up his claim that:ContinueContinue reading “Key parts of BPS Deputy-CFO’s email release”

We need more than 2BR rentals

Every multiple-unit housing development proposed or under construction in Brockton has been two bedrooms (“2BR”) or less (rentals at that) with the exception of Trinity phase II downtown, which has a few 3BR’s. Much of the City Council and other city officials have lived in fear that 3BR’s and larger would add students to theContinueContinue reading “We need more than 2BR rentals”

New Brocktonians

Using a statewide voter list from January 2021 vs a recent (2023) Brockton voter list, at least 3,675 adults moved into Brockton from other Massachusetts communities. And those are just registered voters who updated their registration. The top 10 places they moved from: Boston – 1,274 Randolph – 196 Taunton – 171 Quincy – 163ContinueContinue reading “New Brocktonians”

Regarding the Brockton Public Schools $14M deficit

Regarding the newly-discovered “deficit”/”shortfall” in the Brockton Public Schools, the responsibility lies with the BPS administration, the soon-to-be-former Superintendent, the School Committee (of which the Mayor is chair), the Mayor and his staff and department heads. For example, let’s suppose that it turns out to be a so-called “accounting error.” Sounds quite the opposite fromContinueContinue reading “Regarding the Brockton Public Schools $14M deficit”