In an April 13 story about the formation of a new School Building Committee, the qualifications for potential board members was mischaracterized. The story should have said that the SBC is seeking four or five community members with experience in fields that are relevant to the committee’s work, such as architecture, planning or design, project management, or…
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School Building Committee charge approved; members sought
The School Committee is officially seeking four or five community members for a new School Building Committee after voting to create the panel and approving its charge on April 12. The new SBC will work closely with a community center building committee, whose charge will be discussed by selectmen at their April 24 meeting. Voters last…
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Volunteer at Minute Man National historic Park this Saturday Volunteer at the Battle Road Demonstration at Parker’s Revenge at Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord, Lincoln and Lexington on Saturday, April 15. Learn about the opening events of the American Revolution and assist with event logistics during the morning shift (9 a.m. to noon) or the…
Wong’s contract extended at L-S
The Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School Committee unanimously approved an extension of Superintendent/Principal Bella Wong’s contract through June 30, 2020. “The School Committee is grateful for Bella’s many contributions to Lincoln-Sudbury over the four years in which she has served as Superintendent/Principal,” Elena Kleifges, chair of the committee, said in a press release. “Her compelling vision for…
Voters give the go-ahead to school project and community center planning
(Editor’s note: Additional stories about the March 25 Annual Town Meeting will be published this week.) Lincoln will move ahead with feasibility studies for both a locally funded school project and a community center as a result of votes at Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting. Residents voted unanimously to release $750,000 that was put aside in 2015…
Letter to the editor: New Hanscom School is a great model
To the editor: Back in December, I responded to a request to explain why a number of residents opposed and ultimately helped to defeat the 2012 school building project. Although many were alarmed by the proposal to cut the trees and sacrifice the central playing fields, in essence “paving paradise to put up a parking lot,”…
Candidates offer views on wide range of issues
Twelve of the residents who are on the ballot for Lincoln’s local election gathered to answer questions at a moderated candidate forum at Lincoln Woods on March 11. Before the forum, each candidate was asked by the Lincoln Woods Advisory Council, which organized the event, to respond in writing to two questions. Those answers, which…
Officials outline needs and implications of school funding vote
School and town officials made their case for voting to move ahead with a town-funded school project at a multi-board meeting and public forum on March 8. School Committee chair Jennifer Glass urged residents at Town Meeting on March 25 to vote yes on Article 33, which would allow the town to spend $750,000 on a feasibility…
Letter to the editor: time to move forward with a school project
(Editor’s note: There will be a multi-board meeting and forum on Wednesday, March 8 at 7 p.m. in the Brooks Gym. This is the second such meeting in recent weeks about the school project; click here for coverage of the first multiboard meeting on January 30.) To the editor: Last April, Lincoln again applied for state funding…
Glass brings School Committee experience to bid for selectman
After nine years on the School Committee during a period when the town planned and then failed to advance a school building project, committee chair Jennifer Glass is hoping to apply what she’s learned to a new town government position: Board of Selectman member. Glass is running against Allen Vander Meulen for the remaining year…