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…

Three local school buildings are in the planning process for roof repairs or replacements. School roofs are major capital projects. They often cost millions of dollars, and each step of the process needs to be carefully timed to avoid, or minimize, disruptions during the school year. Here's what Sudbury is looking at in the next…

The Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Committee discussed the Boston Magazine high school rankings during their meeting on Wednesday evening. Sudbury Weekly questioned the accuracy of the data used by Boston Magazine in our first story about the rankings. This week, the superintendent of Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School confirmed that the data Boston Magazine used was flat-out wrong.…

During the Wednesday, November 6 meeting the of the Sudbury Select Board, the board discussed submitting a letter of opposition to a proposed “hostile” 40B housing development in Maynard, right on the border of Sudbury. In the end the board was unanimous in opposition. Members discussed concerns ranging from environmental impacts, siting concerns because portions…

The Mass Central Rail Trail (MCRT) is soon to be under construction in Sudbury according to comments from a Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) representative. During the November 6 meeting of Sudbury's Rail Trail Advisory Committee, DCR’s Amber Christofferson informed the committee that they will be putting the project out to bid…