School Committee:News 2014

This page links to a few notable news regarding Lexington schools. This is not a comprehensive list of news and is not kept up to date within the current year.

Apr 2014

 * Boston Globe: Helping Asian teens find balance in studies, by Kathleen Burge (Apr 14, 2014)

Mar 2014

 * Boston Globe: Teacher, then arbitrator, overstep, op-ed by Lawrence Harmon (Mar 29, 2014)
 * Lexington Minuteman: State: Lexington students need more hours in class, by Caitlyn Kelleher (Mar 24, 2014)
 * EAGNews.com: Mass. Supreme Court will decide if school can fire a teacher for ‘joking’ about sex with a student, by Victor Skinner (Mar 17, 2014)
 * Lexington Minuteman: Superintendent proposes adding teachers to 5th grade classes at Fiske, by Caitlyn Kelleher (Mar 13, 2014)
 * Lexington Minuteman: Student enrollment growth due to people moving into Lexington, by Caitlyn Kelleher (Mar 13, 2014)
 * Lexington Minuteman: Resident: Ideas for school committee, by Harvy Simkovitz (Mar 10, 2014)
 * Lexington Minuteman: Editorial: A case to watch closely (Mar 9, 2014)
 * Lexington Minuteman: Lawyers for Lexington Public Schools argue case before SJC, by Marc Filippino and Caitlyn Kelleher (Mar 4, 2014)
 * Video of SJC Oral Arguments and Docket


 * Boston Globe: Schools chief sets date for exit, by Brock Parker (Mar 2, 2014)

Feb 2014

 * Lexington Minuteman: Ash to retire as superintendent June 2015, by Marc Filippino (Feb 25, 2014)
 * Lexington Minuteman: Editorial: Our endorsement for School Committee, by the Editor (Feb 23, 2014)
 * Lexington Minuteman: Letters: Residents support Lexington candidates (Feb 19, 2014)
 * Lexington Minuteman: Brodner wants to continue work on school committee, by Marc Filippino (Feb 19, 2014)
 * Lexington Minuteman: Crocker wants to move school committee in a new direction, by Marc Filippino (Feb 18, 2014)
 * Lexington Minuteman: Lexington school union calls on committee to finalize contract, by Marc Filippino (Feb 12, 2014)
 * Boston Globe: Board criticized for negotiating new pact, by Emily Cataneo (Feb 2, 2014)

Jan 2014

 * Lexington Minuteman: Lex superintendent's proposed budget includes 8 percent jump, by Marc Filippino (Jan 8, 2014)
 * Lexington Minuteman: Schools - New test takes shape Lexington students to take field tests of PARCC test, by Marc Filippino (Jan 2, 2014)