John Taylor, Ward 6 Beverly School Committee

07/30/2026

One of the best ways you can grow our Beverly educational system is by contacting your legislators or future legislators. Here are some emails and contact information:

Hannah Bowen, Beverly State Rep, text: (978) 473-7953
Joan Lovely, State Senator, BHS ‘78 email: [email protected]
Dan Koh, Federal candidate, text: 978-225-7455
John Beccia, Federal Candidate, [email protected]
Tram Nguyen, Federal Candidate, Tram T Nguyen | Facebook
Mariah Lancaster, Federal Candidate, [email protected]
Jamie Belsito, Contact Us or Volunteer — Jamie Belsito for Congress
Micah Q. Jones, Federal Candidate, [email protected]
Bethany Anders-Beck, Beth for Democracy | About Beth

07/28/2026

School starts September 2! I want to extend a special welcome to our new families at Beverly Public Schools. Lots of sports opportunities open, for those who are able, and our community organizations offer tremendous opportunities to all who are new and those for whom Beverly feels lived in!

07/04/2026

Thank you to our Beverly Public Schools kids who rode their bikes during a fantastic Beverly Farms parade. Thank you for the opportunity to represent you. Happy 4th, 400th and 250th! We celebrated Scottish visitors, public transportation, libraries, public education, and service to our community! (We had a giant American flag right near our Beverly Farms commuter rail station and the Beverly Farms Library) Hastings House (Farms-Prides Community Association, Inc.) Beverly Bike Committee FIREWORKS TONIGHT

06/25/2026

Schedule of Events The 2026 Season is Going to be a Blast! Friday, July 3 All Day – Build Your Parade Float!   Bike Decorating 3:00 pm – 6:00 pmThe Hastings House *This event will be held in conjunction with the cookout at The Hastings House. Judging for The House & Business Decorating Contest7...

06/25/2026

July 4, 2026 is not that far away. As we face our own 400th anniversary, I look forward to our Beverly Hastings House (Farms-Prides Community Association, Inc.) parade. For more information, please feel free to check out this fantastic website and I look forward to seeing fantastic floats from our Beverly Public Schoolchildren!

Schedule of Events The 2026 Season is Going to be a Blast! Friday, July 3 All Day – Build Your Parade Float!   Bike Decorating 3:00 pm – 6:00 pmThe Hastings House *This event will be held in conjunction with the cookout at The Hastings House. Judging for The House & Business Decorating Contest7...

06/18/2026

Our School budget is facing challenges, largely due to State funding failures (called "Chapter 70"). I ask everyone to reach out to your STATE legislators and the primary candidates for Congress.

I also encourage everyone to read to Chapter 70 of your favorite book.

"Beverly needs more State aid because I do not want more fees" is a great email. Here are the addresses to send it to: [email protected], [email protected]

Beverly's budget deficit for the year beginning 7/1/2027? $7.7M, with an M for Million.

The Beverly Farms Public Library has already announced a reduction in their hours.

06/15/2026

I deeply appreciate the civic engagement from our Beverly community members who spoke at our most recent Beverly School Committee meeting on 6/10/2026 about acts of hate. It's not always easy to speak at a public hearing.

BEVERLY, MASS. (WHDH) - School leaders in Beverly are addressing an incident of antisemitism at that town’s middle school. Grafitti referencing Hi**er was written in

06/06/2026

Did you know that our Beverly Farms, Centerville, No Beverly and Upper Montserrat families gathered to show off their dogs ahead of graduation! Being proud of who you are is what life and school are all about...and that sure is true about our many librarians, children, parents..and dogs who came to the Beverly Farms branch of our public library! There was even ICE CREAM!!

Thanks and here are some great pic's of our families and their wonderful dogs! https://www.facebook.com/beverlyfarmslibrary

05/21/2026

In a late night vote with hard choices, I voted against the Beverly Public Schools FY27 budget because I believe it is unsustainable and will result in broken promises to employees. What do we say to the 1,012 unemployed people in Beverly as of March, 2026 when the City Council needs to increase the trash fee and inflation is already rapidly climbing? Facing lonely truths can be hard when you are on the losing side in a 5-4 vote in favor of the budget. When is someone going to talk about a $2,000 increase in preK fees? And I do believe that all my fellow Members have student achievement at the top of their minds when they make their decisions. And yet, there was silence. That is not the leadership that former Superintendent Jim Hayes told the Beverly School Committee of 2006 that it needed.