For the education front, other battles are to come over the budget.
The most prominent: how much money Cellucci can direct toward charter schools.
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"While he has quite strongly embraced choice programs, I believe the Governor is still committed to the public schools," Finneran said.
The question of what commitment the state government should show to public schools, and how that might conflict with the tenet of local independence, will continue to create a spirited dialogue.
With the political bickering thrown in, the picturesque New England schoolhouse is starting to look a lot more complicated.