By Nancy Marshall

Please elect Charles Morton and Jack Ryan to the L-S School Committee I write to enthusiastically endorse Charles Morton and Jack Ryan in their campaign for the L-S School Committee. Charles and Jack are in a three-way race for two vacated seats on the committee. I encourage you to meet Jack and Charles, in the process learn more about LSRHS and its wide and incredible array of opportunities for our children, and to vote Monday, March 31 at the polls in Lincoln for Charles Morton and Jack Ryan.

Charles Morton (CharlesMorton.com) is the father of four elementary and middle school children, all of whom will attend LSRHS over the next ten years. He is active in the Sudbury community as a youth soccer and volleyball coach. In his professional life, he is an academic, teaching chemistry at Brown. Before that, Charles worked with a wide array of learners as a tutor in the metro Boston area, which helped inform him and his wife where they wanted to live, raise and educate their children. From these experiences, he has an astute sense of what it takes to educate the whole child, the need for ongoing, thoughtful educational program evaluation and responsive change, and a full and enthusiastic respect for the teaching and learning that occurs at Lincoln-Sudbury. In my encounters with Charles, I find a calm, reflective, well-prepared candidate ready to roll up his sleeves, impart his perspective, but most of all to listen, learn and contribute fully to the roles and responsibilities of the L-S School Committee.

I have known Jack Ryan (RyanforLS.com) for 20 years. A retired lawyer, Jack and I overlapped as colleagues on the L-S School Committee, early in my tenure and at the conclusion of his first four terms of service. Jack chaired the LSRHS building committee, completed in 2004, bringing the project in on time and below budget. Jack has a wide lens on Sudbury, Lincoln, and our shared high school. He has served in many other capacities in Sudbury (Finance Committee for seven years, Sudbury Council on Aging Board, and other organizations). His pull to run again is multifaceted — policy, governance, funding, and also family, as he has grandchildren who will be attending LSRHS in the near future. Jack is sharp, knowledgeable, candid, and committed. He shares with me a depth of perspective and appreciation for LSRHS that also fuels his call to serve again.

Charles and Jack, both Sudbury residents, will be thoughtful and inclusive in their service to LSRHS, to Lincoln, and to Sudbury.

In addition to their websites, the Sudbury League of Women Voters has a recorded candidates’ forum featuring all the candidates for the L-S School Committee which can be found here. Sudbury Weekly, Sudbury’s online news source, also has “Thoughts in Return,” a Q&A with all candidates.

There will be an opportunity to meet the candidates and ask questions at the candidates’ forum in the Learning Commons at the Lincoln School on Monday, March 24 at 7:00pm. Please remember to vote on Monday, March 31 at the Lincoln School and ink in the circles for Charles Morton and Jack Ryan.

Note: I am an appointed member of the Lincoln Finance Committee. I am writing this letter in my personal capacity as a private citizen. My views are my own.

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It is with great enthusiasm that we, the undersigned, endorse Susan Hall Mygatt to be elected to a seat on the Lincoln Planning Board. We believe her combination of relevant town experience, commitment to balancing town character and growth, and genuine excitement for the role make her uniquely qualified to be an informed, engaged, and effective Planning Board member.

You’ve probably seen Susan around town. She has been an active volunteer in Lincoln for many years, serving in roles including seats on Lincoln’s Zoning Board of Appeal (eight years) and on Lincoln’s Conservation Commission (six years), of which she is currently co-chair. She regularly attends Planning Board meetings and is very familiar with Lincoln’s zoning bylaws, the Planning Board’s regulations, and the issues and requests that the board addresses. She will be a ready-to-go board asset on day one.

As a retired real estate attorney and board member of several nonprofit organizations, Susan brings both attention to detail and great respect for the role of collaboration for the common good. She is comfortable asking difficult questions — always with respect — and is committed to community engagement, timely and open sharing of information, and a clear, transparent public process. This will create a welcoming environment for productive exchanges among and with the Planning Board.

Susan sees an opportunity to value Lincoln’s rural character while respecting the state-wide need for more housing. She believes that the town can find a balance that protects the aspects of Lincoln which we value and at the same time carefully plan for inevitable change. She is a keen listener and believes that open collaboration is a key element to finding and implementing solutions that unite, not divide.

At a time of great change, when we are making decisions about processes and solutions that impact the future of our town, Susan Hall Mygatt is the ideal choice for a seat on the Lincoln Planning Board. Please join us in voting for Susan Hall Mygatt for one of the two seats on the Lincoln Planning Board.

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By Charles I. Morton, IV

I am a candidate for one of two open seats on the L-S School Committee. I am running to bring my experience as a teacher, coach, tutor, and mentor to an oversight body tasked with fielding questions and concerns from community members and collaborating with administrators and teachers to solve problems arising from budget uncertainty and shifting demands for academic, extracurricular, and support services.  

We are fortunate to live where we can be confident that a public high school education provides elite preparation for our children to pursue their future endeavors. In Fall 2026, my wife and I will begin a full decade as L-S parents as our four children progress through the ranks.  

I have been on the faculty of the Chemistry Department at Brown University since 2016, teaching general and organic chemistry classes to 150–600 students who are primarily pre-med and/or STEM concentrators. I have observed, particularly since Covid, that instructors have to be far more adaptable than ever before to best serve each cohort of students coming in with different high school experiences: what worked as recently as 2022 still requires significant updating in 2025. While the subject matter I teach barely changes from year to year, the opportunities for innovation and renewal help me thrive — a spirit that I admire in L-S’s community of educators as well.

After nearly two decades as an assistant coach for MIT volleyball, I took on much younger clientele by coaching 15 (and counting) seasons of Sudbury Youth Soccer and co-founding Sudbury Youth Volleyball. After grad school I was a master tutor and tutor coordinator for Signet Education, designing custom curricula for students needing enrichment or alternative programs and offering mentorship far beyond homework help or test prep.

With four kids ages 7–12 plus students and advisees ages 17–22, every day crystallizes the importance of the high school years as a crucial developmental stage. This in-between phase of ever-accelerating academic intensity and social pressure requires expert mentorship. Our faculty at L-S deliver an outstanding product year after year, but there are always new challenges that can be solved with the support of a collaborative and collegial committee when the membership is committed to and invested in the future of L-S for decades to come.  

I look forward to doing everything I can to bring our two communities even closer together. I ask for your support on March 31 and invite you to read more about me and check my calendar of events at charlesmorton.com.

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