Dracut Forum

from the Sheehan Campaign:
DRACUT, MA, 28 April 2008 – During its meeting of the 28th the Dracut School Committee, in proposing to have legal counsel review Superintendent Espindle’s contract, only proved the point that they cannot act proactively but only as politics demand.
“This action should prove to every taxpayer in Dracut that it is time [...]

I was told last night by Terry Wiggin, the Business Manager for the Dracut School District, that his wife Caroline is taking a position as Pastor at a Tewksbury Methodist Church.
With his wife now leading this church, they will be moving thier family into the church parsonage in Tewksbury.
With the price of gas nearing $4.00 [...]

In a move that everyone saw coming since Sunday morning’s political ad “Proactive” by Matthew Sheehan, School Committee Candidate DJ Deeb rushed out a motion to have legal counsel review the sick time and vacation time buyback provisions of Superintendent Espindle’s contract.
This was so predicted that Sheehan’s campaign had press releases prepared before the meeting [...]

From Matt Sheehan’s Campaign:
Dracut, MA, 28 April 2008 - “I will make it my first duty upon taking office to call on the school committee to set it as a policy,” Matthew Sheehan stated “that the Dracut School District would not hire previous School Committee Members for a position within [...]

Selectman Candidate Ted Kosiavelon proposes to have the Canney Farm property re-appraised. This could cause a significant delay to the proposed sports complex.  This re-appraisal could result in a delay of approximately 6 to 12 months OR prompt the worst case scenario where the seller backs out of the project because [...]

As Sheehan said during the Town Talk interview, if the relationship between the School Committee and Superintendent Espindle hadn’t been so bad over the last 3 years, perhaps we could have done what Tewksbury has succeeded in doing.. renegotiating away some of the expensive perks.
Its always easier to blame the previous board or the previous [...]