The AB School Committee has More Problems with “Virtual Zoom” Meetings
By Charlie Kadlec and Scott Smyers As many Acton and Boxborough residents already know, two recent ABRSD School Committee (SC) “Virtual Zoom” meetings were interrupted […]
Repairing Our Democracy Starts Locally – and Immediately
By Corinne Hogseth Civil discourse is an essential ingredient in a functioning democracy. We should all be able to agree on that. Participants in a […]
Colonial Pride
By Bill – ABRHS 1981 Colonial Graduating from the Acton-Boxborough school systems back in the 1980s, I am proud to call myself a Colonial. As […]
Payroll and Salaries for 2019 School Employees
See link below for detailed spreadsheet. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ETQKeJT9xaXM7Sx8-0L6imQyn2LlFy0l/view?usp=sharing
The Colonial Was Voted Down, but was the Process Fair?
By Scott Smyers The AB School Committee last met on November 19, 2020. The Colonial was NOT on the agenda except for an issue related […]
Ranked Choice Voting – Simply Complicated
By Dave Lunger Proponents tell us Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is simple – simply fill in ovals according to your candidate rankings; opponents tell us […]
A Case to Save the Colonial: An Open Letter to the School Committee
By Elliott Donald, Captain (Retired), US Navy; Acton Boxborough Regional High School ‘89 Ladies and Gentlemen of the Acton School Committee, It has been over […]
Town of Acton 2019 W2 salary list
By Allen Nitschelm The Town of Acton has released the 2019 W2 gross salary list and it is available: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1miYTZ3XddIxoUE-yJojRP4umDg7OUEat/view?usp=sharing There were 230 people earning […]
Local data show a steep increase in Mental Health Problems and Substance Abuse in the Suburbs of Boston. A case against restrictive lockdowns.
By Scott Smyers The government mandated shutdowns of businesses and institutions have many obvious and some not-so-obvious consequences. I contacted the Acton Police Department and […]
Every Day Counts: A Case for Prioritizing In-person Learning
By Scott Smyers (originally posted September 8, 2020) When the lockdowns began, we were all stunned and trusted that the local, state, and federal health […]