Short week, short Weekly

Welcome back!

There’s not a ton to report this week - but there’s more than nothing!

We have just two stories for ya’, but we have a big week coming next week. The Select Board will hold their annual tax classification hearing. That’s when they meet “to determine what percentage of the local tax levy will be borne by each class of real and personal property relative to setting the Fiscal Year 2025 tax rate.” This is a routine annual process, and it’s also the one day a year that most residents learn what the heck the Board of Assessors is.

But wait! That’s not all. They’re also talking about the Camp Sewataro financials, the Select Board code of conduct, and they are providing an update on their discussions with the Sudbury Public Schools about the fate of the combined facilities department.

Did we mention that almost every other board and committee is meeting next week, too?

Let’s get into it…

SPS Seeks Basis to Terminate Combined Facility Department MOA

By Kevin LaHaise

The Sudbury Public Schools (SPS) School Committee held further discussions about the Combined Facility Department on Monday, November 25. The department is shared between SPS and the Town of Sudbury. It was established in 2012 by way of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that aimed to increase efficiency and service delivery for both the Town and the schools. In recent months, SPS and the Town of Sudbury have held discussions to consider changes to the MOA, though the threat of SPS terminating the MOA has proven controversial.

Lincoln-Sudbury Clears the Air on AP Course Offerings

By Kevin LaHaise

The College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) program has been at the center of a nationwide education debate for years. Perspectives on the program are as varied as can be, making it difficult to reduce it down to a simple pro/con debate.

Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School is also navigating this debate. Some students and parents want to see more AP offerings, others are frustrated by confusion surrounding the waitlist process to get into AP courses, and yet others are concerned that students are disadvantaged in the college admissions process because they aren’t able to take as many AP courses as they would like to take.

Parting Thoughts

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Onward!