The search for Sudbury Public Schools' next superintendent is officially underway, and the district wants to hear from the community. The Collins Center, which was selected by the Sudbury Public Schools School Committee to lead the search, has released a brief, four-question survey aimed at gathering public input. The message distributing the survey noted…

In what has become something of an annual tradition, Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) opened up budget building season with reports of a massive budget shortfall for the next fiscal year. During the November 2 meeting of the SPS School Committee, Acting Director of Business and Human Resources Buck Creel told the committee the district…

By Nancy Brumback Sudbury mirrored the state’s Tuesday election results, with voters opting to re-elect U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey and Governor Maura Healey, along with the other incumbent statewide officers. The town had a strong turnout, with 9,067 or 62% of Sudbury’s 14,609 registered voters voting by mail, early in-person voting or on Election Day. Mail…

The Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) School Committee voted unanimously Monday night to approve several key parts of its superintendent search plan. The vote sets up a fast-moving process, with candidate interviews scheduled for mid-December. At its November 2 meeting, the committee approved a 16-member screening committee, the charge that will govern that group's work,…

This Tuesday, Nov. 3, is Election Day, with in-person voting available from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. All six Sudbury precincts vote at the Fairbank Community Center, 40 Fairbank Rd. Voters will be electing a U.S. Senator, Representative in Congress, Governor, other statewide officers, state legislators and county officials. There are also nine statewide ballot…

Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) Acting Director of Business and Human Resources Buck Creel told the School Committee’s Budget Subcommittee on Oct. 23 that the district should have its next permanent business director conduct an audit of all student activity accounts, noting he could find no evidence that an audit has been performed on any of…

Sudbury Town Manager Andy Sheehan's Budget Working Group spent recent months charting a course to avoid an override request in Fiscal Year 2028 (FY28). Over the last two meetings of the working group, the forecasted budget shortfall was shrinking as good news came in about fixed costs. It looked as though the Town could be…

The office found nothing to review and clarified the limits of the Open Meeting Law when it comes to public participation. The Massachusetts attorney general’s office has issued another declination in a series of Open Meeting Law (OML) complaints filed against the Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) School Committee, this one involving the committee's handling of…

During the October 19 meeting of Sudbury's Park and Recreation Commission, the commissioners continued to discuss their Davis Field project; and they took decisive action. After lengthy deliberation the Commission: Voted down a 3-field option Voted favorably on a 2-field option Voted to eliminate all fencing, netting, storage boxes and…