(Editor’s note: the links to articles and letters to the editor were updated on June 1, 2018.) As a service to readers in advance of the Special Town Meeting on Saturday, June 9, here are links to past Lincoln Squirrel stories about the school project, as well as letters to the editor and some of…
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Letter to the editor: support conservation and option L3
To the editor: The recent flurry of activity has flooded my inbox with schools-related information and commentary. Committees, individual residents, and town leaders have made notable and at times insightful observations on what is a path forward that will best serve the educational needs of future generations. All of that is fine. But in the…
Committees recommend school options L3 and C; selectmen also include L2
The School Committee, School Building Committee and Board of Selectmen recommended that voters approve school project Option L3 or Option C at the June 9 Special Town Meeting, while selectmen also included Option L2. Options R, L1 and L2 do not provide the hubs for grades 3–8 that educators have deemed crucial for effective and flexible…
Letter to the editor: what is a net zero building?
Editor’s note: This piece by Sue Klem of Lincoln’s Green Energy Committee is a companion to “What Makes a Sustainable School Project?” which she wrote for the School Building Committee website. To the editor: Traditional buildings use about 40 percent of the total fossil fuel energy in the U.S. Lincoln has an opportunity to build…
Letter to the editor: LSF supports options L3 and C
To the editor: The Lincoln School Foundation urges Lincoln residents to vote for L3 or C at the Special Town Meeting on June 9. The LSF has a 30-year history of funding innovation at the Lincoln Schools. In that time, we have awarded more than 500 grants worth well over a million dollars. Each grant…
Letter to the editor: option C offers the most benefits
To the editor: I’m voting for C on June 9th and I wanted to share my process of elimination of the other four options using SBC’s taxonomy: Minimum requirements (R and L1): R is essentially opening the hood and starts at $49 million, but doesn’t even address some basic utility issues. Similarly, L1 at $73 million…
Letter to the editor: vote for school option L3
Editor’s note: This letter originally appeared in LincolnTalk in response to a comment about the environmental impact of demolition. To the editor: As you may or may not know, since last fall, a community of local architects has been meeting on an ad hoc basis and have regularly attended the SBC meetings and their public forums….
School project updates: construction phasing, Town Meeting child care
Some updates on the June 9 Special Town Meeting on the school project: A new view of the options The image at right shows the five design concepts showing their estimated price tags and the incremental educational and physical features of each. Construction phasing If one of the “L” concepts is chosen, construction will take…
Committees offer guidelines in advance of June 9 school vote
The Finance and Capital Planning Committees made some recommendations about a school project at the last public forum before the June 9 Special Town Meeting vote, but neither one endorsed a specific design option. The FinCom recommended that the town stay within its state-mandated 5% debt cap, which would limit new borrowing to about $97…
Last community forum before school vote is May 15
There’s one more community workshop and two school tours before the milestone vote to decide which school project scheme the town should pursue. The public forum on the six current concepts will be on Tuesday, May 15 from 7–9:30 p.m. in the Reed Gym. This session will focus mostly on audience Q&A with the School…