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Select Board to Proceed with School Committee Appointment

On Tuesday, February 25, the Sudbury Select Board voted to proceed with an appointment process to fill a vacancy on the Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) School Committee. The appointment will fill a vacancy stemming from the resignation of former SPS School Committee member Mary Stephens. (1:47:00) The SPS School Committee had previously opted not…

ByKevin LaHaiseFebruary 26, 20250Comments

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SPS Committee to Review OML Complaints in Executive Session

Update: the meeting was cancelled and a notice was sent out at 3:35 P.M. on February 26. The Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) School Committee will hold an unexpected meeting tonight, Wednesday February 26, according to an agenda posted to the Town of Sudbury website yesterday, February 25. The meeting is an executive…

ByKevin LaHaiseFebruary 26, 20250Comments

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Open Meeting Law Complaint Filed by SPS Chair Burnard

Sudbury Weekly has obtained a copy of the Open Meeting Law complaint filed by Sudbury School Committee (SPS) Chair Nicole Burnard on February 14, 2025 against committee member Karyn Jones. The complaint is inconsistent with information presented during the February 10 meeting of the SPS school committee. No Policy Subcommittee meeting took place on…

ByKevin LaHaiseFebruary 21, 20250Comments

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L-S Committee Reviews Fed Funding, Raises Concerns About Free Lunch

The February 11 meeting of the Lincoln-Sudbury (L-S) Regional School Committee included a comprehensive review of Federal funding for the district. Kirsteen Patterson, the district's director of finance and operations, delivered a presentation complete with a detailed timeline of what has been happening in Washington, D.C., and the implications for the school district. …

ByKevin LaHaiseFebruary 20, 20250Comments

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Asian Market Could Be Coming to Sudbury

Formosa Asian Market may be opening a location in Sudbury - but it’s still early in the process. According to comments from Sudbury Health Director Vivian Zeng, the owner of Framingham-based Formosa Asian Market is eyeing a location in the Sudbury Crossing plaza that currently is home to T.J. Maxx, Dollar Tree and the Goddard School.…

ByKevin LaHaiseFebruary 15, 20250Comments

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Route 20 Study Underway

The Planning Board met on February 12 and took in a presentation from BSC Group. They’ve been tasked with conducting a Route 20 Corridor Study. The objectives were laid out quite clearly by former Sudbury Director of Planning and Community Development, Adam Duchesneau. Duchesneau now works at BSC Group, and has extensive knowledge of Sudbury,…

ByKevin LaHaiseFebruary 15, 20250Comments

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L-S Regional Agreement May Get an Update

The Lincoln-Sudbury (L-S) School Committee’s Regional Agreement Review Subcommittee met on Wednesday, February 12, to chart a path for updating the agreement. The agreement has not been updated since the 1980’s - and it has reportedly fallen out of compliance with modern Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) requirements. For context on how much has changed…

ByKevin LaHaiseFebruary 15, 20250Comments

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School Committee Implodes Over Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Student Policy

The Sudbury School Committee (SPS) met for its regularly scheduled meeting Monday, February 10, but there was nothing regular about the meeting, which included the committee voting to file an Open Meeting Law complaint against itself. The meeting opened with a public comment from school committee member Karyn Jones, who criticized the lack of…

ByKevin LaHaiseFebruary 12, 20250Comments

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Naughty Potties: PBC Approves $212K for “Acoustic” Fix

The Permanent Building Committee met on February 4 and voted 5-1 to approve $212,862.27 to be spent on an “acoustic remediation” project to be completed by Colantonio Inc., the contractor for the construction of the Fairbank Community Center. (7:00) A miscue during construction resulted in disruptive conditions in both the Sudbury Public Schools offices and…

ByKevin LaHaiseFebruary 8, 20250Comments

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Conservation Means Hard Work and Teamwork In Sudbury

The Sudbury Conservation department has but three full-time staff to manage 1,200 acres of Town-owned conservation land and 600 acres of conservation-restricted properties, all while working with the Conservation Commission, a volunteer board, to administer the Wetlands Protection Act and the Sudbury Wetlands Administration Bylaw. That sounds like a lot for a small department.…

ByKevin LaHaiseFebruary 8, 20250Comments

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