LS School Committee approves 2024-25 calendar, previews two capital warrant articles

SUDBURY — January 9, 2024 — LS School Committee approves 2024-25 calendar, previews $315,600 in spring capital articles. The Jan. 9 meeting unanimously adopted the calendar — aligned with Sudbury Public Schools on start and end dates, one day ahead of Lincoln Public Schools — and heard Director of Finance and Operations Kirsteen Patterson outline two draft warrant articles for spring town meeting: $150,000 to replace an exterior stairwell and $165,600 for a lighting control panel project, with Sudbury's share at $144,585. Patterson also reported the fiscal 2023 audit closed with no management letter ("equivalent for an accountant's super bowl") and that 93.41 percent of the $34,651,586 FY24 budget is expended or encumbered. English Department Coordinator Dan Conte and teacher Danny Weiss presented on a three-year curriculum overhaul replacing period-based British and American literature courses with thematic offerings, and on the newly opened teacher-staffed Humanities Center modeled on Cafe Mathematica. Both warrant articles are scheduled for a vote Jan. 23.