Against the Override
By Tom Beals Introduction An override vote is pending at the upcoming April 30, 2024 town election. If the override is passed, the town’s maximum […]
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Level Services, Level Funding or Simply an Uphill Plod
By Bob Hertz Management (ALG) suggests fiscal 2025 budgets represent “level services”. Level compared to what benchmark? Are all services level or does the label […]
Responses to the PRO OVERRIDE Mailer
By Corinne Hogseth Keep Acton Affordable By now, you’ve probably seen the big mailer that The Other Side had sent to households throughout Acton. One […]
To all Acton Residents
By Bob Hertz Acton Leadership Group (ALG) (1), our town’s power brokers or their emissaries, tell you how much money they want and how they […]
Gender Inclusive Pre-K & Elementary Schools
The images below are part of presentation material provided to Acton Forum by a local resident who received a printed version from an anonymous teacher […]
School Committee March 2024 Meetings
By Diane Baume Originally posted at Acton Exchange on March 28, 2024. New Boardwalk Campus Wins Award for Excellence in Energy Design Boston- based architecture […]
Keep Acton Affordable Vote NO at Town Elections on April 30
By Keep Acton Affordable At Acton’s 2016 Annual Town Meeting, there was an article to approve funding to repaint Town Hall. The Finance Committee refused […]
2023 Earnings for Acton-Boxborough School District
The public employees earnings are now available for 2023. Six staff earned over $150,000. Please follow this link to a searchable spreadsheet.
Not All Costs Can be Calculated in Dollars: DEI vs. Patriotism at Acton-Boxborough High School
By Scott Smyers and Dave Lunger When the COVID pandemic resulted in remote learning, it made sense that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance was not […]
Acton-Boxborough School Committee February News Update
By Diane Baum This article was first published in Acton Exchange. After a day-long “Budget Saturday” workshop on February 10 and a subsequent budget discussion […]