While school officials planned to talk about the coming budget, parents came to voice concerns about literacy raised by a recent media report. The Winchester School Committee met Jan. 16 over Zoom to discuss the fiscal year 2025 budget only to find many parents using the public comment period to
School officials kicked off the New Year with a full agenda, including updates on its budget planning process ahead of Spring Town Meeting, negotiating the new three-year transportation contract, building a new Muraco school and the possibility of transitioning to electric school buses. The first meeting of January started with
Town meeting voted Monday night under two separate articles to allow the town to either purchase the Lynch school solar panels outright or enter into an agreement to lease the equipment. The Select Board will decide which option is best for the town after the construction bids come in for
How the Winchester town Finance Committee operates and appoints its members will be the subject of debate at Fall Town Meeting, which started Monday night and continues Thursday evening. Two warrant articles being put forth as citizen’s petitions are attempts to change the by-laws that govern the committee. Both
Although it may not look like not much is happening at the old Lynch School, which is slated to be demolished and replaced in the coming months, the process is, in fact, on time as outlined on the Lynch 2025 website. A contractor should be selected in late November. At