News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
To the editor: I would like to announce that I will not run for re-election to the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Committee. I have been humbled by the support of the citizens of Lincoln and Sudbury over the past 12 years and four terms in service of the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School District. Any good that…
To the editor: The midterm elections of 2018 have sparked new interest in a process of voting for candidates known as ranked-choice voting (RCV). An August 7 editorial in the Boston Globe asserts, “The Massachusetts legislature would be wise to adopt ranked-choice voting, coupled with a robust voter education campaign for statewide elections.” Massachusetts Secretary of…
To the editor: As engaged community members, we have attended and participated in many of the School Building Committee meetings, town surveys, and open workshops held over the past two years in Lincoln. We invested our time in this process because we understood that a new school is likely the most significant capital project that…
To the editor: We should all be paying careful attention when we’re being asked to vote for a school that will increase our property tax bills by nearly 20 percent. But paying careful attention means thinking through all the financial consequences, not just the most immediate impacts on our wallets. I’m certainly concerned about my…
To the editor: Our small town has long worked to find agreement on how to best support and configure our K-8 school. Last spring, we selected the L3 option, which sustained the central campus and set a budget of $93.9 million. Since then, wonderful, balanced work has brought to reality a model school and a…
To the editor: I have been delighted over the last couple of years as Lincoln has reached a tipping point on clean energy. We are working toward the elimination of CO2 emissions for our town buildings. We are working on Community Choice Aggregation to increase the renewably generated supply of our electricity throughout the town….
To the editor: As members of Mothers Out Front, an environmental group dedicated to a swift and just transition away from fossil fuels, we are urging everyone to support the school building project. We have an opportunity to build a school that is environmentally important—a chance to build a net-zero school. We must think outside…
To the editor: Lincoln is fortunate to have so many people committed to our town value of providing excellence in education for our students. As a member of the Lincoln School Committee, I take our mission seriously, which generally states: “The Lincoln School Committee seeks to unite our communities in challenging and equipping our students…
To the editor: The undersigned Lincoln residents support the plan for revitalizing our K-8 schools. As members of the design community, we believe the process for choosing a path forward has been inclusive, has afforded multiple opportunities for comment and input, and has brought us as a community to an important decision about investing in…
To the editor: Lincoln has reached a critical juncture. Our school is in need of a serious upgrade, having had no real work done on the buildings since 1994. Add to this the consideration that education has also developed since that time. We must think seriously about designing educational spaces that embody teaching strategies that…