Dear Lincolnites,
In the upcoming town election, I encourage you to vote for Cara Endyke-Doran for the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School (L-S) School Committee. Cara is the current chair of the committee and, since becoming chair, has improved communications with the L-S parent community by sending more frequent updates and sharing goals and progress the L-S School Committee has made to support the school’s mission.
All four of Cara’s children have graduated from or are currently attending L-S. This provides an important insider’s view to the pulse of the students, parents, and staff. She has an openness and willingness to hear constituents’ ideas, concerns, and feedback, enters into challenging discussions when necessary, and works to improve the school experience for all students regardless of what town they are from.
Over the course of the last three years, Cara Endyke-Doran has been involved in the information gathering and decision making surrounding Covid-19. As a public health professional, she provided valuable public health knowledge and perspective to the L-S district. In 2020, during the first summer of the pandemic, Cara provided leadership in advocating to Gov. Baker and the state Department of Early and Secondary Education regarding testing practices and protocols for local districts to help get students in school for the opening of the 2020-2021 school year. She initiated and led the committee’s Covid-19 Testing Subcommittee which put in place pool testing well before it was offered by the state.
As chair of the Lincoln School Committee, I have been able to work with Cara and find her style collegial and collaborative. She openly shares lessons learned and thinks about the links between the “feeder schools” of the Lincoln and Sudbury middle school programs. While Cara lives in Sudbury, she represents the interests of both communities.
The last two years have been complicated to say the least, but Cara approaches her work on the L-S School Committee with enthusiasm and has a balanced, problem-solving approach. I strongly support Cara Endyke-Doran for LSRHS School Committee and know that she will continue to have a positive impact on the students, staff and families of Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. I hope you will cast your ballot for Cara, too! Thank you.
Sincerely,
Tara Mitchell
Chair, Lincoln K-8 School Committee
67 Sandy Pond Rd.
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