See the attached flyer ..
Dracut recreation is holding the signups for Volleyball for childen in grades 5 and higher.
The program is held at the Brookside Gym, about twice a week for eight weeks from the end of September through November.
The program costs $45.00 (payable to Dracut Recreation, 11 Spring Park Ave, Dracut)
“learn the basics of [...]

The ad-hoc committee that was formed to discuss a feasibility study regarding the renovation or replacement of Dracut High School will be meeting next week.
The Lowell Sun article regarding this topic mentions that Superintendent Spenser Mullin met with the School Business Authority recently:
School Superintendent W. Spencer Mullin said the meeting will be informational in nature. [...]

I’m not sure who to chastise more.. the Lowell Sun, or the anonymous fool who didn’t have the guts to come forward himself.
To get the facts out first, a Letter to the Editor appeared in the Valley Dispatch, the Sun’s free weekly paper inserted in the Lowell Sun on Fridays.
This letter was an attack on [...]

SA: I’ll comment on this later, thought it was relevant, so I will post the whole thing for now. We are already hearing the rumblings of these same threats here in Dracut.

Eagle Tribune
The accreditation shuffle is underway again in North Andover.

The former educators and school administrators who constitute the New England Association of Schools and [...]

In the Lowell Sun Political column this week, School Committee members Matt Sheehan and MIke Miles point out their reasoning once again on bringing to the town meeting an article limiting the hiring of former school committee members by the school district:
Sheehan and Miles realized that they had the choice to either bring the issue [...]

Reversing the change that an earlier committee had made that took the responsibility of selecting a candidate from the Superintendent, the school committee last night voted unanimously to give the new Superintendent the role of choosing who he would recommend for the position.
The Lowell Sun reports:
The School Committee unanimously voted last night to relinquish control [...]

I know we just had a long School Committee meeting tonite, and I will get back to that.

There was some great discussion on the new alternative education for at-risk youth, as well as some improved Special Education programs.
I did stop by just to quickly ask Matt Sheehan about the proposal he has put in for [...]

Just a reminder in case you missed the ad in the Lowell Sun this weekend.
Traffic is going to be a mess for a while as people try to learn ways to get around the closing of University Ave and the One-Way pattern on the Aiken Street Bridge.

Just a reminder that the Golf Tournament to support the Lakeview JSH PTO looks like it is still planned for next monday.
For more information, check out the PTO School Notes page.