District overview
Revere Public Schools
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
Who is making district decisions now?
Revere Public Schools is governed by the Revere School Committee, chaired by the mayor. The committee approves budgets and policy while the superintendent manages district operations; Superintendent Dianne Kelly has announced a July 2027 retirement.
11 public schools
The current Massachusetts DESE profile lists 11 schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12.
$132.94 million FY27 district appropriation
The committee adopted the district-controlled portion of the FY27 budget on May 19, 2026; total net school spending was reported as $164.26 million.
66 positions removed from the budget
The adopted FY27 budget removes 63 full-time and three part-time positions, although the district expected fewer than 25 layoffs because of attrition and reassignment.
Major assignment and leadership transitions
The committee voted to phase out the middle-school lottery, Revere High has new leadership, and a superintendent search is beginning ahead of July 2027.
The official archive sometimes substitutes an agenda packet for minutes. Proposed or scheduled actions are identified as such, and no outcome is inferred when the record does not show one.
Where the district stands
Major projects
FY27 operating budget
Adopted with staffing reductionsCommittee adopted a $132.94 million district appropriation with 63 full-time and three part-time position removals.
- Preliminary structural deficit estimated at about $10.1 million.
- Budget Version 1.1 proposed 60 full-time position reductions.
- Committee adopted a $132.94 million district appropriation with 63 full-time and three part-time position removals.
Funding
State, city, grants, revolving accounts, carry-forward, and district reserves
Neighborhood middle-school assignment
Lottery elimination approved; boundaries under refinementCommittee voted to phase out the lottery.
- Three potential neighborhood models were presented.
- Survey results showed 73.68% preference for neighborhood assignment.
- Committee voted to phase out the lottery.
Funding
District operating and transportation budgets
New high school and early-childhood center
Construction underwayDistrict reported McKinley early-childhood construction underway for fall 2027.
- Official materials described the new high school as under construction for a fall 2028 opening.
- District reported McKinley early-childhood construction underway for fall 2027.
Funding
City and project financing
Superintendent succession
Retirement announcedPosted agenda schedules a Superintendent Search Ad Hoc Subcommittee report.
- Dianne Kelly gave notice of retirement effective July 6, 2027.
- Posted agenda schedules a Superintendent Search Ad Hoc Subcommittee report.
Funding
District governance process
Recent news
Official Revere School Committee minutes and agenda packets from the city's IQM2 archive were collected and reviewed chronologically across the trailing year.
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