Welcome to winter in Sudbury. December is regarded as a winter month, will see how it behaves, although winter cold has set in this week. Rainfall for November was somewhat more plentiful than our prior two months with 3.37 inches of rain for the month. The last three months, regarded as our Fall, had a…

The Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) School Committee held further discussions about the Combined Facility Department on Monday, November 25. The department is shared between SPS and the Town of Sudbury. It was established in 2012 by way of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that aimed to increase efficiency and service delivery for both the Town…

The College Board's Advanced Placement (AP) program has been at the center of a nationwide education debate for years. Perspectives on the program are as varied as can be, making it difficult to reduce it down to a simple pro/con debate. Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School is also navigating this debate. Some students and…

Here’s the running summary from the Tuesday, November 19 meeting of the Sudbury Select Board: American Rescue Plan Act Funds Town Manager Sheehan presented a plan to allocate the remainder of Sudbury’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. The Select Board asked a variety of questions, but were broadly supportive of the recommended allocations.…

The Sudbury Finance Committee welcomed several guests on Monday, November 18. Their first guest was a representative from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to discuss the ins and outs of the Circuit Breaker special education reimbursement program. Following that, Ben Carmel and Mara Huston presented a financial overview of the Park and…

At the end of Town Manager Andy Sheehan’s presentation of the financial condition of the Town, several Select Board members thanked him for the level of detail that went into his presentation. Member Dretler was emphatic: “I have to say that I think this has been the best financial condition presentation in my seven years…

Questionable Claims about the Massachusetts Association of School Committees Derail SPS Policy Subcommittee On Thursday November 21 the Sudbury Public Schools policy subcommittee met to discuss a laundry list of policy updates and additions with Superintendent Brad Crozier. Mandy Sim and Karyn Jones are the two members of the subcommittee. (Agenda here.) The…

Sudbury Public Schools was in the news lately, but perhaps not in the way it would like. The U.S. News and World Report dropped its elementary and middle school rankings, and none of Sudbury’s elementary schools cracked the top 50 in the state. The rankings were: General John Nixon Elementary: #53 Peter Noyes…

By way of a Facebook post, Sudbury's Learning Express today announced that it would be closing at the end of January 2025: As some are now aware, we have been unable to negotiate a sustainable lease agreement with the plaza's new owners. As a result, after nearly 30 years of being a part…