Letters to the Editor
Vote yes on Sept. 9
On Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m., Longmeadow voters will decide whether to build a new consolidated middle school. This is the only item on the warrant that night. I urge residents to vote YES. A new middle school is the SMART choice: SMART Educationally — Our...
Vote no on Sept. 9
Consolidation is based on assumptions that larger schools are more economical to operate and offer higher quality curricula than small neighborhood schools. Research, however, demonstrates that neither of these assumptions are necessarily true. Longmeadow Public...
Vote YES on Sept. 9
This letter is in support of the Longmeadow Middle School project and a vote of “yes” at the Special Town Meeting on Sept. 9 at Longmeadow High School. For the last couple of years and throughout the planning phases of the new joint middle school project, there has...
NIH funding is important for medical research
Medical research that helps families like mine is in danger in the United States. I grew up in Wilbraham and my family still lives in the area. I majored in accounting in college but left my career as a certified public accountant to study Alzheimer’s disease (a...
Renovation not Consolidation
By now, most residents should be aware that on Sept. 9, we will be voting on whether to fund a proposed new consolidated middle school. The price tag for this project is currently estimated at about $151.5 million, with an MSBA grant of $53.7 million, meaning the...
Why Longmeadow’s 1989 fluoride vote put health at risk
ngmeadow and communities across Massachusetts found themselves at the crossroads of science and democracy, tasked with a grave responsibility: deciding, by popular vote, whether fluoride should fortify the town’s public water supply. What unfolded was not merely a...
Prepare for higher taxes — upcoming votes
There will be two very important votes in Longmeadow this fall. On Sept. 9, at a special Town Meeting, residents will vote on the funding for the new middle school. This will be followed by a ballot vote on Sept. 30, to approve a Proposition 2½ Exclusion. If both...
MTA opposes new use of MCAS scores for graduation requirement
The Massachusetts Teachers Association adamantly opposes using MCAS scores in any capacity to derive a student’s competency determination for high school graduation. In decisively passing Question 2 in November, voters spoke loudly and clearly that they wanted...
Hampshire College faces another crossroads — Here’s what you need to know
On Jan. 6 of this year, President Ed Wingenbach announced his resignation as leader of Hampshire College, having led the institution through a seemingly miraculous rebound since 2019. Behind the handshakes and smiles, a complex reality exists, and the community...
Proposition 2½ empowers us to protect what matters
Southampton is being asked to approve a Proposition 2½ override of $897,069 to maintain essential educational services at William E. Norris School. As both Vice Chair of the Select Board and Chair of the School Committee, I want to make clear: this request is not...