Dracut Forum

School Committee member Ron Mercier, the head of the Parker Avenue School subcommittee, indicated tonight during the school budget discussion that he wants to plan another meeting to discuss the issue again with all interested parties.
“After hearing some of this, its probably going to happen,” he said, referring to the closing of the Parker Avenue [...]

State Rep Kevin Murphy, D-Lowell, apparently doesn’t find The Sun particularly memorable. Murphy, who also serves as the attorney for the Dracut School Committee, was discussing the option of advertising for an interim school superintendent in local newspapers when his lapse in memory occurred.
“You said The Boston Globe .. and the .. and the.. ?” [...]

School Committee member Ron Mercier last night announced a meeting on December 2nd of the Parker Avenue Elementary school subcommittee formed to decide how to handle a possible closing of that school.
To be held at 7:00 p.m. at the Dracut High School, what will be the first meeting of this subcommittee will now basically [...]

Still feeling a little uneasy about Monday’s school committee meeting, and not sure of what the undertone was, I gave a call to Dr Mike McNamara to get some first hand input.
You see, from an observer’s point of view, it looked to me like he was putting forward a motion to review the process used to [...]

Ron Mercier was invited onto the show this morning. We wanted to give him an opportunity prior to the start of the election.
It started with a small discussion about the schools, cutbacks (through attrition and a new alternative school program), and then moved into the resignation of the Martins.
He said he had been talking with [...]

 

 Ron Mercier on 980 WCAP [16:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Mary-Gail Martin calls in as well [2:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download