School Administration Struggles with Transparency Despite Commitment to Do So
By Marty Benson The following statement was read at the School Committee meeting on May 18, 2023. This is an ongoing process exposing records of […]
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A Chronological Look at the Texts and Emails Regarding the Retirement of the Colonial Mascot
Organized and Introduced by Several Anonymous Concerned Citizens In the summer of 2020, COVID-19 was in our country for about three months causing sickness and death. […]
Revolution vs. Colonials: A Distinction Without a Difference! Was it all worth it?
By Corinne Hogseth An open letter to the School Committee You folks must be feeling pretty silly. You ignored district naming and technology policies, violating […]
Update on Records Requests from the ABRSD School Committee
From the latest Public Records Release: Text messages between Krishnamurthy and Cook on Oct. 15, 2020. At the top of this post, the thread starts […]
Superintendent Light Should Resign from the Mascot Naming Committee
The following statement was read at the ABRSD School Committee Meeting on April 7, 2022. By Marty Benson It is now clear that the recent […]
Let the Students’ Voices Be Heard!
By Christine Marlow and Christine Casebolt In the fall of 2020, when most of us were distracted learning to navigate the early weeks of the […]
The Colonial Mascot & Poor Process: The School Committee Doubles-Down
By Corinne Hogseth As many are aware, a subcommittee of the School Committee has been working on renaming the AB mascot after the Colonial was […]
Ukrainian Resistance Reflects Acton’s Past: The Silenced Story of America’s First Disabled Soldier
By Marty Benson The following statement was read at the March 3, 2022 AB School Committee meeting. Tonight, I request the committee to pause the […]
An AB Student Speaks Out AGAIN
Colonial Mascot Supporters are Called White Supremacists by White Members of Our Community The following two statements were submitted and read aloud at the AB […]
Colonials: Fighting Hatred & Injustice Since 1775
Rebuttal to School Board’s 11/2 Statement By Christine Marlow The following statement was read at the School Committee meeting on November 18, 2021. On Nov. […]