1. Expand pre-K to handle all 4-year-olds in the city to cut the very expensive cost of downstream educational remediation. This expansion would use space at the old Marian High School and/or the Farley school to provide classrooms.[1,5,6,10]

2. Complete the transition to inhouse school busing to restore our basic ability to get kids to school on time and prevent the rising education damage from late buses and the expensive remediation this causes.[1,5,7,10]

3. Boost compensation for classroom aides in the school system by 20% to solve the current critical staff shortage, cut the use of more expensive outside contractors, and help boost student performance.[1,5,7,10]

4. Expand Keefe Tech by adding more space to handle the 300 kids currently on its waiting list, boosting job opportunities for kids with a High School education and solving the capacity problem at Framingham High School in the least expensive way.[1,5,6,10]

5. Expand the Thayer program in the high school, which serves students who have had difficulty succeeding in a traditional academic program, by moving its campus from the small building on Lawrence St to Farley or the former Marian High School. This move would also help relieve overcrowding at the High School.[1,5,6,10]

6. Attend to maintenance for roofs, roads, water & sewer in a timely manner, so we don't build a backlog as we have right now, which stands at more than $400 million.[2,5,6,7,10]

7. Fill the many vacancies in the Department of Public Works, so we use inhouse crews to do roads and water & sewer repairs, rather than expensive outside contractors.[2,5,7,10]

8. Lower the cost of water to residents by paying for water & sewer system large capital projects from the tax levy, which is tax deductible, rather than from fees, which are not tax deductible.[2,5,9,10]

9. Reap the $3 million/year in utility savings we could get from installing solar panels on all city-owned buildings and solar canopies in all city-owned parking lots, while lowering the city's carbon footprint.[3,5,10]

10. Ramp up curbside composting to cut the trash stream by 40% and save $700,000/year.[3,5,10]​​​​

11. Adopt an MBTA Communities Act compliance plan following the Wayland model, to reduce the financial impact on the city by a factor of 2 compared to the current approach.[4,5]

12. Push for a maximum building height of 3 stories in the Central Business District to lower the impact of new development on the schools, water & sewer infrastructure, road condition and traffic congestion.[1,2,4,5,10]​

13. Bring in the state Division of Local Services to do a top to bottom financial review of the city's operations.[5,6,10]

14. Push for more rapid development of the Saxonville Mills Building as an arts/commerce center.[6,10]

15. Push as hard as possible to change the management of the Metrowest Medical Center from the Tenet group which seems committed to running this facility into the ground.[6,10]

16. Encourage more formal development of neighborhood groups, such as those already in Nobscot, Saxonville and Coburnville-Tripoli to better protect neighborhoods, to help produce better candidates for the City Council and the School Committee, and to give more  useful organized community feedback to government.[4,8,10] 

17. Ensure that property taxes keep pace with typical inflation, so we don't erode the workforce and services.[1,2,5,7,10]

18. Break the long tradition of the old boy network that has run Framingham for 25 years, mismanaging city infrastructure and finances, and dealing favors to contractors and developers, by electing a Mayor who comes from outside that network, has broad experience in education, asset management, finance, environmental action, technology, state & local laws and community engagement and is totally dedicated to improving Framingham.[1-10]

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