Ready for an Override? – Part 1
By Corinne Hogseth Acton taxpayers should be aware of ongoing discussions regarding a massive property tax override being pushed by the schools for the 2024/2025 […]
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Halloween Officially Cancelled in All Elementary Schools: Has the School Committee Finally Gone too Far?
By Scott Smyers On November 2, 2023 the Student Representative from the High School provided an update to the School Committee. She was frustrated that […]
AB School Committee Faces HUGE Budget Shortfall and Acton Forced to Open Emergency Migrant Shelter
By Scott Smyers There was a presentation about the upcoming school budget by the School Administration to The Finance Committee on October 10, 2023. At […]
School Administration Struggles with Transparency Despite Commitment to Do So
By Marty Benson The following statement was read at the School Committee meeting on May 18, 2023. This is an ongoing process exposing records of […]
Public Comments at School Committee Meeting Challenge Ongoing Behavior: 1. Civility Rules in Public Meetings are Illegal 2. Textin’ Tessa Deletes the Evidence
By Marty Benson The following statement was read at the School Committee meeting on May 4, 2023. First, the behavior of the previous Chair at […]
Obscene or Educational? An Open Letter to the Acton Boxborough Regional School Committee
By Corinne Hogseth At the December 1st meeting of the School Committee, members of the community spoke regarding some highly questionable materials in our junior […]
A Chronological Look at the Texts and Emails Regarding the Retirement of the Colonial Mascot
Organized and Introduced by Several Anonymous Concerned Citizens In the summer of 2020, COVID-19 was in our country for about three months causing sickness and death. […]
Payroll and Salaries for Acton Boxborough School Employees – 2021
The annual salaries to Acton Town Employees is now available here. At the 2021 Acton Town Meeting, the School Committee provided a list of cuts […]
Revolution vs. Colonials: A Distinction Without a Difference! Was it all worth it?
By Corinne Hogseth An open letter to the School Committee You folks must be feeling pretty silly. You ignored district naming and technology policies, violating […]
Update on Records Requests from the ABRSD School Committee
From the latest Public Records Release: Text messages between Krishnamurthy and Cook on Oct. 15, 2020. At the top of this post, the thread starts […]