Archive for August, 2008

Volleyball Signups until Sept 15th »

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 [...]

Feasibility Study meeting Next week »

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. [...]

Feasibility study revived for new high school in Dracut »

By Dennis Shaughnessey, Lowell Sun
DRACUT — Officials will gather next week in an effort to breathe new life into a feasibility study for a new high school.
In November 2007, Dracut learned that it is one of 83 districts in the commonwealth that was in line for state School Building Authority reimbursement money. The caveat, however, [...]

Was it Martin P Dumphey again? »

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 [...]

Accreditation warning is a hollow threat »

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 [...]

Gagnon Challenging new Board Members? »

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 [...]

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