Mass Special Education Advocate

07/22/2025

Medicaid is the fourth-largest federal funding stream for school districts and allows them to pay for therapies for students with disabilities, school nurses and specialized equipment like wheelchairs.

07/22/2025

Guidance for Parents with Uncertain Immigration Status

06/29/2025

And more fallout from the Trump war on Harvard research funding.

New findings underscore the need for interventions before children start school, said Harvard researchers.

06/19/2025

If you don't know, now you know.

05/22/2025

Read this CAREFULLY if you are such a family!

04/17/2025

A reminder to our residents that the Southborough Police Department has a “Persons At Risk” program for members of our Southborough community. The program is dedicated to those who have specific conditions, such as Autism, Alzheimer's, or other memory-related issues. Conditions that place them at risk of wandering from the safety of their caregiver(s) or contribute to them acting out (physically) at home, school, or other community locations.

Caregivers or family members of persons at risk can provide identifying information (including a photo) for these individuals, by utilizing the “Persons At Risk” information form (see link to PDF form below). We request that you provide specific information that could be helpful in finding and/or de-escalating a situation with a person at-risk.

Our SPD dispatchers will have access to the Persons At Risk forms in our secure dispatcher area, and if an SPD Officer(s) has to respond to an incident with a person at risk- this information will be available to them to assist them with handling the situation.

To register a person at risk with this program, please bring in a completed “Persons At Risk” information form and a recent picture to the Southborough police station (32 Cordaville Road, Southborough, MA. 01772). You can complete the form online using the fillable PDF, and then either mail (with a picture) or email (as an attachment) to our Business Administrator, Cindy McLeod at cmcleod@southboroughma.com. Thank you.

03/24/2025

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Cuts to Medicaid could be devastating not only to people who rely on it but also to care providers, experts said.

03/22/2025

03/22/2025

Hundreds of Illegal Layoffs at the Department of Education. DoED laid off over 1300 employees Tuesday night, nearly half the department. Secretary McMahon made a statement that layoffs would not affect special ed, nor any legally-mandated positions, but that was a lie.Layoffs were conducted without....

03/22/2025

DOGE has helped to close 10 Social Security offices so far, potentially impacting beneficiaries' access to essential services.

03/21/2025

LiveUpdated March 20, 2025, 9:47 p.m. ETTrump Administration Live Updates: President Signs Order Aimed at Closing Education Dept.Share full articleVideotranscriptBack0:00/1:19-0:00transcriptTrump Signs Executive Order to Dismantle Education DepartmentThe order instructs the education secretary to be...