News, features and photos from Lincoln, Mass.
The Minuteman High School building project hit yet another snag last week when voters in Belmont rejected a bond measure to help fund the new building—even as planning has begun for what to do with the land that will be freed up by the old building’s demolition. Under the terms of the regional school district agreement, member towns…
By Liz Lieblich The Lincoln School Foundation’s ninth annual town-wide Spelling Bee, a springtime ritual for grades 3-6, saw another record-breaking year, with 137 excited and bright students from Lincoln and Hanscom schools participating in the April 10 event. The Star Wars-themed event was filled with teamwork, spelling and even a Wookie. The third-grade teams…
(Editor’s note: the most recent Lincoln Squirrel article on Minuteman High School can be found here.) To the editor: Anyone who doubts the Commonwealth’s commitment to vocational, technical and agricultural education should look closely at the Baker administration’s $85 million proposal to fund capital projects, expand programming and provide financial incentives for vocational-technical schools and…
Robert Altman movies on tap starting Sunday The Lincoln Library Film Society presents a series of films by Robert Altman, a five-time nominee for Best Director who was awarded an honorary Oscar in 2006. All screenings are at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 10 — “M*A*S*H” (1970) starring Donald Sutherland, Elliot Gould and Sally Kellerman. A satirical look at the Korean War through the…
By Alice Waugh At a hastily called public forum on Tuesday night, school officials and police shared what they knew about graffiti found on Monday morning outside the Brooks school and fielded questions from dozens of anxious parents. Students and teachers entering through the main Brooks entrance were greeted on Monday morning with the words “memento…
To the editor: The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has been focused on reviewing English Language Arts (ELA) and math learning standards to help develop the next-generation MCAS, which is scheduled for administration in classrooms across the Commonwealth in the spring of next year. Last month, 41 K-12 educators and higher education…
The March 21 articles headlined “Residents vote to try for school funding again” should have said that Rep. Tom Stanley arranged a tour of the Lincoln School last summer, not Sen. Mike Barrett. Also, the second application for MSBA funding was made in 2013, not 2014. Th article has been updated to reflect these corrections….
By Alice Waugh The town will apply for the fourth time for state funding for a comprehensive school building project after residents overwhelmingly voted to authorize it at Town Meeting on March 19. A year ago, residents authorized the third application to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) and to set aside $750,000 for a feasibility study…
The March 17 article headlined “Voters urged to OK a new school funding application” incorrectly stated that this was the second year in a row that the MSBA had turned down Lincoln’s funding request (it was actually the 2013 and 2015 requests). Also, Eric Harris is a member of the Finance Committee, not the School…