After five years of planning and building, the renovated Lincoln School will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours on Friday, Oct. 28 starting at 1:30 p.m. in the Learning Commons. Here’s the schedule: 1 p.m. — Doors open 1:30 p.m. — Ribbon-cutting ceremony 2:30 p.m. — Reception in Dining Commons 3 p.m. — School tours…
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Town completes second round of bonding for school project
The town has sold bonds worth $8,489,000 in the second portion of borrowing to fund the school project. The sale generated a 2.6% interest rate with annual debt service at roughly $440,000, according to Lincoln Finance Director Colleen Wilkins. Prior to the sale, the town’s AAA credit rating was affirmed by Standard & Poor, which…
My Turn: School Committee thanks district staff and community
By the Lincoln School Committee We would like to thank the Lincoln School district faculty, staff, and community members for making personal sacrifices, following safety protocols, and recognizing how each of our actions contributes to the overall health of our community and vitality of our schools. Remarkably, the Lincoln Public Schools have been open…
School project gets donations for trees, walkways, benches
Donations from eighth-graders, a Lincoln couple, and the estate of Harriet Todd will allow the School Building Committee to add back some of the items that were cut earlier this spring but not restored by the recent Town Meeting vote. Robert and Jacquelin Apsler have donated $32,328 to pay for concrete walkways behind the refurbished…
Outdoor Town Meeting zips by in 90 minutes
By Alice Waugh It was a Town Meeting like no other. Instead of lasting hours with hundreds of people packed in a stuffy auditorium, the June 13 event took place in the fresh air under an enormous tent where chirping birds competed with the amplified voices of the speakers. All three warrant articles were approved,…
Forum offers a closer look at school project items
The School Building Committee answered questions and made its case for appropriating another $828,945 for the school project during a June 4 public forum conducted via Zoom. The forum, which had 27 participants (about half of whom were SBC members and construction staff), was one of two such events scheduled before the June 13 Town…
SBC to make reduced request for school items at June Town Meeting
Back before the coronavirus hit, the School Building Committee was planning to ask voters at a Special Town Meeting in March for up to $2.08 million to partially offset items it had to cut from the school project. Now it plans to ask for less than half of that amount at a stripped-down Annual Town…
Town Meeting decision expected next week
Town officials will make a decision next week about whether to go ahead with a streamlined Annual Town Meeting on May 30 as currently planned. At their April 20 meeting, the Board of Selectmen indicated they were waiting on word from Gov. Charlie Baker about whether Massachusetts schools would reopen May 4 when his closure…
$3.5m cut from school project, but alternate funding is a possibility
By Alice Waugh (Editor’s note: this story has been updated.) Items including new trees, some of the playground equipment, and sunlight-controlling window devices totaling $3.5 million were chopped—at least temporarily—from the school project last week after construction bids came in at $3.5 million higher than budgeted. The School Building Committee (SBC) got the bad news…
July 4 fireworks canceled due to school project
The traditional Lincoln Fourth of July fireworks show in Codman Field has been canceled this year because of the upcoming school construction project and won’t resume until work is done. In a letter to the Lincoln community posted by the Lincoln Police Department and the Parks and Recreation Department, Chief of Police Kevin Kennedy and…