Letters to the Editor
Wrong location for middle school
Article 6 is a wakeup call to Longmeadow residents signed by over 300 citizens who agree that the current Williams Middle School site is the wrong location. At the Nov. 12 Town Meeting, voters will get to decide whether they support a new consolidated middle school to be built on the current (WMS) property site despite some major disadvantages which threaten long term consequences for the town.
Things to consider before voting on middle school
Here are some things for Longmeadow residents to consider before voting on Article 6 at the Nov. 12 Special Town Meeting: The Middle School Building Committee’s decision to locate a new combined school at the current Williams Middle School site was made without...
Find a better solution for middle school
I would like to address last weeks Letter to the Editor, asking Longmeadow residents to vote yes on Article 6. Contrary to the opinion of the MSBC, we are not trying to derail the process, we are trying to find a better solution and location for the proposed new combined middle school. Let me address each of their points.
Williams Street is best location for school
The town of Longmeadow, with its excellent public school system, has the immediate need of a new middle school as the current two, Glenbrook and Williams, are in deplorable and outdated condition and repeatedly need maintenance and costly repairs.
Concerned about combined middle school
I’m writing you to express my concern regarding combining Williams and Glenbrook Middle School at the Williams site. Williams street is an already heavily traveled street in Longmeadow and have grade F for safety which is worse grade street can have and if we...
Vote yes on Article 6
At the Nov. 12 Town Meeting, Longmeadow’s progress toward building a much-needed middle school could be put in jeopardy by an article seeking to derail the work of the Middle School Building Committee (MSBC). Show your support for a new school by voting yes on Article 6.
Why not 40 hours for Senior Center?
Here’s a scenario: Suppose you want to start a school because you believe you have courses that people would like and benefit from. So, you build a school and conduct courses during the hours of 8 a.m. to noon. People (young and old) come and like the courses. You consider it a success!
Yes to fiber
At our Nov. 12 fall special Town Meeting, Longmeadow residents will have the chance to vote on two articles to bring fast, reliable, affordable, town-owned fiber internet to our community. One article will be the second of two necessary votes to create a Municipal Light Plant, which will allow the town to build and own its own fiber network. The first vote passed at our May annual Town Meeting with 96.5% of the vote. The second article will be to provide funding for the initial steps of the project.
Yes on Question 2
I am writing in support of voting yes on Question 2 on the Massachusetts state ballot. Elimination of MCAS as a high school graduation requirement. As the parent of a high school student in special education, this issue is important to my family, and it is backed...
Vote ‘no’ on Senior Center project
I support renovation of the Hampden Senior Center, but the current proposal of millions of dollars is not a prudent use of Hampden’s resources. I am concerned that this proposal does not respect the wishes of the residents who voted “no” at both the 2024 Annual Town Meeting and the spring override election, and is simply a way around the will of the people.