Local Politics:Issues:School Construction

News

• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington officials review capital project, tax impact, by Jordan Frias (Jan 23, 2015)
• Lexington Minuteman: School master plan to include special March Town Meeting, by Jordan Frias (Jan 22, 2015)
• Lexington Minuteman: Final report shows growth in school enrollment numbers, by Jordan Frias (Jan 19, 2015)
• Lexington Minuteman: Selectmen reject School Committee's request for special Town Meeting, by Jordan Frias (Nov 18, 2014)
• Lexington Minuteman: School Committee seeks modulars, makes case at budgeting summit, by Jordan Frias (Nov 12, 2014)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington School Committee members vote to ask for special Town Meeting, by Jordan Frias (Nov 5, 2014)
• Lexington Minuteman: Ash: minor redistricting may resolve school capacity, by Jordan Frias (Nov 2, 2014)
• Lexington Minuteman: Parents express frustration with continued debate on schools, by Jordan Frias (Oct 2, 2014)
• Lexington Minuteman: Architect reports on space at Lexington schools, by Jordan Frias (Sept 18, 2014)
• Lexington Minuteman: Lexington schools could see 675 new students over next 5 years, says working group, by Jordan Frias (Sept 17, 2014)
• Lexington Minuteman: Fiske fifth grade to be co-taught, by Caitlyn Kelleher (May 2, 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)

Links

• LPS School Overcrowding homepage
  • Enrollment Working Group Reports
  • Ad Hoc School Master Planning Committee Reports and Minutes
  • Reports to the School Committee on School Overcrowding

Reports

• Enrollment Working Group
  • Five year Enrollment Forecasts for the Lexington Public Schools: FY2015 - FY2020 (Jan 13, 2015)
• SMMA
  • Final Phase 1 Capacity Report (Nov 19, 2014)
  • Final Phase II Master Plan-Elementary Schools Short and Long Term Options Study (Nov 10, 2014)
  • Master Plan Comparison Options (Dec 18, 2014)
• Lexington Parents Advocacy Group
  • Alleviating Overcrowding in Lexington Pre-K, Elementary and Middle Schools (Feb 11, 2015)

Advocacy

• http://www.lexparentsadvocacy.org - the Lexington Parents Advocacy Group was set up in November 2014. The group advocates for a solution to the Lexington school overcrowding problem, and is speaking up about other school education matters.