Dracut Forum

I guess I don’t harp on this enough, but Dan Morrell at the Lowell Sun had a great article pointing out the issue this week.
Too many times, kids in a tough situation spiral down too quickly to the point where they have no chance to get out of the pit they’ve dug for themselves.
Often, from [...]

The State Department of Education released the Dropout rate for the 2004-2005 school year today.
Overall, the average rate for the state was 3.8%, meaning 11,145 kids dropped out in that year and did not show up in another school system by Oct 1 of the next year.
Dracut did its share for that year. With 48 [...]

Been busy for the last week… Had to get a few things done.
Thanksgiving was good, had visits from many of the prior kids, family, friends and went out to visit relatives of one of the current kids.
Holidays are a busy time when your in the business of foster care. Its an emotional roller coaster for [...]

By DENNIS SHAUGHNESSEY, Sun Staff Lowell Sun
DRACUT — Neighbors in a small cluster of condominiums tucked neatly behind Dracut High School on Frederick Street have coexisted peacefully for years, but now there are differences.
Residents in the tiny Oak Knoll community are complaining that their condo association and its five-member Board of Managers have imposed rules [...]

The Dracut Recreation Commission
is seeking a
7 Member Skateboard Park Subcommittee

Applications, Statements for Resumes will be accepted until November, 30, 2006
Any person interested in applying for this position and/or obtaining this document in an alternative format may contact:
Lori Cahill – Recreation Director
11 Springpark Ave, Dracut MA 01826
978-458-4478

Teenagers are not simple. They are not all the same. Each one is going through different stages of growth. You can uderstand, emphathise, sympathize.. but ultimately all you can do is guide them through it while maintaining your own standards and values.The following is a list of methods, rules and ideas that I and others [...]

Matt, from Boy Scout Troop 83, has been approved to start his Eagle Project.
He will be making a trail through the Boulet Preserve in Dracut with 2 foot platforms and signs and a map of the area. He started the project on Saturday, October 7th and and will continue on the 14th. [...]

A friend from Lowell has been watching the website with a focus on the Skate Park issue.
Seems that he lives over in Lowell off of Middlesex Street near the Hadley Field Skate Park (over near the Roark Bridge).
He was at the corner of Baldwin Street and Middlesex next to the park on his way home [...]

 

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By DENNIS SHAUGHNESSEY, Sun Staff
DRACUT — The heavy Master padlock on the gate of the 10-foot chain-link fence tells the story.
The Dracut Skate Park is closed. The park, which was a year in the planning and opened on Aug. 4, officially closed yesterday, two months to the day after the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
“I think they overreacted,” [...]