Author name: Dan Tomasello

THE LYNNFIELD HIGH SCHOOL DECA team brought 94 students to the District Career Development Conference earlier this month, and 14 students qualified for the State Career Development Conference that will take place in March. (Courtesy Photo)

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Fourteen Lynnfield High School students who are members of the Distributive Education Clubs of…

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LYNNFIELD — The School Department’s revamped Administering Medicines to Students Policy seeks to increase public access to a life-saving opioid overdose medication, Lead Nurse Toni Rebelo said during a recent School Committee meeting.

Rebelo said public schools and non-public schools are required to follow the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s regulations, including 105…

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LYNNFIELD — The School Department will be enrolling up to six new METCO students during the 2026-2027 academic year.

Superintendent Tom Geary said during a recent School Committee meeting that 38 METCO students are currently enrolled in Lynnfield Public Schools.

“I have had a chance to talk with METCO Director Curtis Blyden…

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LYNNFIELD — Four members of A Healthy Lynnfield’s Youth Council at Lynnfield High School are headed to a conference in National Harbor, Maryland next month.

A Healthy Lynnfield Program Director Diana DeLeo said during a recent School Committee meeting that the four LHS Youth Council members were looking to attend the CADCA…

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LYNNFIELD — The Historical Commission is looking for a new alternate member.

During a recent meeting, the Select Board voted to accept Historical Commission alternate member Erin Hohmann’s resignation. She submitted her resignation letter to Historical Commission Chair Kirk Mansfield on Dec. 10.

“It has been my privilege to serve the community…

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LYNNFIELD — The School Department’s recommended fiscal year 2027 operating and capital budgets have been reduced, Superintendent Tom Geary said during the School Committee’s Jan. 13 meeting.

Geary recalled during the School Committee’s public hearing on the proposed spending plan that he previously recommended a 4.9 percent school budget increase for FY27…

AFTER A SNOWSTORM left good quality snow for building, one family made a family of snowmen on the Lynnfield High School baseball field last weekend. (James L. Macdonald Photo)

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LYNNFIELD — The School Department’s technology needs have to be addressed annually.

That was the message Superintendent Tom Geary and the School Committee sent to town officials during a Jan. 13 meeting. Geary and the school board’s discussion occurred a week after Select Board Chair Phil Crawford and Select Board member Dick…

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LYNNFIELD — The school system’s new strategic plan will be finalized this spring, Superintendent Tom Geary said during the School Committee’s Jan. 13 meeting.

Geary recalled that the “district launched into a strategic planning process at the start of the school year to really create a cohesive roadmap for the next five…