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Rising Property Tax For School Waste

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Here are some local Y3K Tutor In Your Home communities average property tax bill and their % increase in property taxes from 2004 – 2014.

Brookline: $13,954 per year 41.6% increase

Dover: $13,245 per year 57.5% increase

Natick: $6,459 per year 57.2% increase

Needham: $8,765 per year 67.2% increase

Weston: $17,832 per year 58.7% increase

Wayland: $10,974 per year 44.5% increase

Wellesley: $12,469 per year 70.3% increase

Newton: $9,907 per year 45% increase

Sudbury: $11,544 per year 43.9% increase

The next time your town asks you to raise your taxes to pay for another school project, tell them “NO”. Tell them to cut out waste and reduce administrator salaries.

Tomorrow we will look at how and why senior citizens are forced to move or starve to pay for always increasing school projects.

Charles River School Tutoring

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We are proud to support the Charles River School Auction. Make sure you bid on the Y3K Tutor In Your Home donation. The auction is a vital part of the Charles River School of Dover’s fundraising efforts and provides critical funds for the school’s operating budget and students.

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Hometown Weekly Newspapers Best Regional Tutoring 2014 – Y3K Tutor In Your Home

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FIRST PLACE BLUE RIBBON AWARD FOR BEST REGIONAL TUTORING 2014 – Y3K Tutor In Your Home is the best tutoring service for the region as voted by the readers of the Hometown Weekly Newspapers for Wellesley, Medfield, Walpole, Westwood, Dover, Sherborn and Needham.

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ALICE (Alert-Lockdown-Inform-Counter-Evacuate)

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ALICE (Alert-Lockdown-Inform-Counter-Evacuate) calls for alerting the police and implementing a lockdown in response to an armed attacker. This in itself is standard procedure in all schools. ALICE takes it a step further by training students and teachers to consider other options such as evacuating or fighting off the attacker. Teachers and students are trained in ways to stop the gunman as a last resort, if there are no other options.

What do you think about your kids being trained to fight off a gunman in school?

ALICE School Security Controversy

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After the Newtown, CT school shootings, schools have had to beef up security. Besides cameras and locked doors, some schools are turning to a new controversial method to keep our kids safe. Some school systems are turning to ALICE (Alert-Lockdown-Inform-Counter-Evacuate) which is a training program offered by a Texas based company that promotes alternatives to staying put when a gunman enters a school. Tomorrow we will uncover details about this controversial program.

Best College Readiness School Systems: Wellesley, Dover, Newton, Brookline & Needham

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“College Readiness” looks at SAT writing scores and Advanced Placement scores. The Dreamschool Finder online tool listed Wellesley High School ranked #1, Dover-Sherborn Regional High School ranked #4, Newton South High School ranked #5, Brookline High School ranked #7 and Needham High School ranked #10.

Do you think you know single Y3K Tutor In Your Home town to show up in their top ten for “School Resources”? Tomorrow we will surprise you with the answer.

Best School Climate School Systems: Dover, Weston, Wellesley & Sudbury

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“School Climate” measures how academically focused and committed the students are at a school according to the Dreamschool Finder online tool. They look at graduation rates, dropout rates and college ambitions of seniors. The four Y3K Tutor In Your Home high schools that ranked in their top ten in this category were Dover-Sherborn Regional High School ranked #1, Weston High School ranked #3, Wellesley High School ranked #5 and Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School ranked #8.

Try to guess which six Y3K Tutor In Your Home communities made it to their top ten list for “College Readiness” and check back tomorrow to find out if you are right.

Buddy Dog Collection Drive Pick-Ups: Needham, Dover & Wellesley

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Pick-ups for our Buddy Dog Collection Drive today are in Needham, Dover and Wellesley. Thank you for helping us aid dogs and cats awaiting adoption.

Buddy Dog Collection Drive – Weston, Dover, Wellesley & Wayland

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Buddy Dog Collection Drive towel/blanket/toy pickups today will be in Weston, Dover, Wellesley & Wayland.

Common Core State Standards Initiative Major Changes: Standardized Tests

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The Common Core State Standards Initiative will trigger a higher level of critical thinking and deeper understanding into your child’s curriculum. There will also be a new standardized test in English and math. The Common Core benchmarks will be supported by one of two new standardized tests in the 2014-2015 school year.

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