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Boston Mayor Menino warns of tough education choices statewide - Newton, Massachusetts - Newton TAB

Boston Mayor Menino warns of tough education choices statewide - Newton, Massachusetts - Newton TAB

Boston Mayor Menino warns of tough education choices statewide

By State House News Service
Posted Dec 24, 2010 @ 02:00 PM
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As the Menino administration tries to navigate through difficult school closing efforts, Mayor Thomas Menino is warning all cities and towns that they may soon face similar, tough decisions.

“Every city and town in Massachusetts is going to go through this change in their school systems,” Menino told Channel 5’s “On the Record,” according to a webcast that will be aired on Sunday morning.

“It’s so expensive. There isn’t money coming from the feds and the state government. Municipalities don’t have the money they had in the past.”

Menino said the “different era” that the state’s cities and towns face, after several years of budget cuts, will be a focus of his