The School Committee met last Tuesday to hear Fiscal Year 26 budget status updates from Superintendent Tom Geary, as well as to vote on three outstanding resolutions, including one that replaces the MCAS graduation requirement, which was removed by a state ballot question last year. The first resolution was to enact the new Competency Determination policy in the wake of … [Read more...] about Lynnfield passes new graduation requirements to replace MCAS
Kristen Elworthy
Lynnfield recognizes outstanding educators
During last Wednesday night’s School Committee meeting, Chair Kristen Elworthy recognized this year’s two Dorothy Presser award recipients: Wendy Leone, a special education team chairperson at Lynnfield Middle School, and Emma Bartlett, Summer Street Elementary School special education teacher and assistant to the principal. Elworthy shared that the awards come from the … [Read more...] about Lynnfield recognizes outstanding educators
LTTE: School Committee is silencing the public
To the editor: Less than a week after Lynnfield voters approved the $4.65 million override to stabilize the budgets of the Lynnfield Public Schools and Town government, the School Committee quietly voted to extend Superintendent Geary’s contract through the 2028-29 academic year (four full academic years from now), despite hundreds of residents asking to be included in the … [Read more...] about LTTE: School Committee is silencing the public
LTTE: School Chair says ‘thank you’ to voters
Dear Lynnfield: Thank you. On June 4, we passed an operational override that will allow us to keep the thing that makes Lynnfield Public Schools what they are: our amazing educators. The outcome and turnout of this vote demonstrated one thing I’ve always had faith in: Lynnfield’s unique and unwavering commitment to educating its children. It’s why people move here, and it’s … [Read more...] about LTTE: School Chair says ‘thank you’ to voters
Residents urge School Committee to conduct a superintendent search
The pressure is ramping up on the School Committee to conduct a formal superintendent search. As some did when the interim Superintendent Thomas Geary was appointed superintendent in 2024, residents, once again, are asking the School Committee to conduct a formal search before the committee takes any action on Geary's contract. Over the last two weeks, more than 140 … [Read more...] about Residents urge School Committee to conduct a superintendent search