By Ravi Simon
Dear Lincoln,
Thank you for the honor of electing me to serve on the Lincoln-Sudbury School Committee. I am excited to declare my candidacy for a second term and ask for your support once again.
I ran for the L-S School Committee in 2023 to bring my perspective as a former student to the committee’s work and to help ensure that today’s students receive an education as strong as the one I received as a member of the Class of 2015.
Over the past three years, I have been proud to take on a leadership role on the committee. Anyone who knows me knows that I hold strong views grounded in my values. At the same time, I firmly believe that good leadership begins with listening respectfully to all perspectives and working toward consensus. In that spirit, I have focused on strengthening the committee’s collegiality and our working relationships with the L-S Administration, our teachers, and both towns. This approach has earned the confidence of my colleagues, who elected me vice chair in 2023 and chair in 2024, and unanimously re-elected me as chair in May 2025.
During my first term, I played a key role in successfully negotiating a fair contract with our teachers, helped launch the process that resulted in a ban on cell phones in classrooms, and ensured greater transparency by releasing documents to the community in advance of our meetings. Most of all, I am proud to have played a part in ensuring that L-S remains on stable financial and academic footing, while preserving the unique character and culture that make our high school special.
Serving Lincoln at both the local and state levels has been a privilege. For close to five years, I have also worked as the sole staff member for State Rep. Carmine Gentile, who represents constituents in both Sudbury and Lincoln in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. This role has provided me the opportunity to meet many of my neighbors in both towns and to listen closely to their priorities and concerns, which helps me better serve students and families on the School Committee.
Although work and friendships already connected me to Lincoln, one of the most enjoyable parts of serving on the committee has been getting to know the town even better. We may have crossed paths at the Winter Carnival Coffee House, Girl Scout pancake breakfast, Council on Aging holiday lunch, Town Meeting, IDEA newcomers party, the PTO back-to-school picnic, or other community gatherings. I look forward to continuing to be a familiar face around town — although you’ll have to forgive me for remaining a Sudbury resident.
My current objectives on the committee include:
- Completing a long-overdue legal and technical update to the regional agreement between Lincoln and Sudbury, which has not been revised since the 1980s;
- Ensuring that the School Committee and administration are able to successfully repair or replace our aging roof
- Helping foster an environment where all students feel welcome by including a nonvoting METCO representative in the committee’s discussions, evaluating our ADA compliance, and advancing efforts to educate students about issues of inclusion and respect for human differences.
And, of course, I will continue to bring my distinct perspective as an alumnus to discussions as the committee works to meet the academic and social-emotional needs of students.
I will be working to earn your vote on Monday, March 30. If you’re interested in learning more, I hope you will visit my campaign website (ravisimon.com), and please reach out (raviforlincolnsudbury@gmail.com) if you have any questions, or would like to talk.
Warmly,
Ravi Simon
437 Cold Brook Drive, Sudbury
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