Lynnfield News

Published March 17, 2021

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The School Department is requesting a $28,494,647 budget for fiscal year 2022, which begins on July 1.

Superintendent Kristen Vogel said during the School Committee’s March 9 meeting that the proposed budget represents a 6.92 percent increase over FY21’s $26,651,605 allocation. Similar to previous years, the…

Published March 17, 2021

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — It’s all systems go for in-person learning.

In the wake of Education Commissioner Jeff Riley decision to hit the brakes on hybrid and remote learning, Superintendent Kristen Vogel announced last week that students in grades 1-12 will be back in school full-time by April 5.

First-graders…

Published March 10, 2021

By HELEN BREEN

LYNNFIELD — Dr. Todd Ellerin has served as the director of infectious diseases at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth for 17 years.

Todd, a sharp and fun loving young man, and my daughter Laura were both members of the Class of 1987 at Lynnfield High…

Published March 10, 2021

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — A year after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the shuttering of school buildings across the world, Lynnfield students in grades 1-12 will be headed back to school full-time by April 5.

In an email sent to parents on Monday morning, Superintendent Kristen Vogel explained that the state Board…

Published March 10, 2021

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Zoning Board of Appeals is hoping to finalize the Bali Hai apartment building’s site plan on Wednesday, March 17, but a group of abutters still have a number of concerns about the project.

After the ZBA continued the last public hearing in early February, Hayes…

Published March 10, 2021

LYNNFIELD – The Lynnfield Center Water District Board of Water Commissioners is inviting the public to hear a final presentation on the district’s capital program on Monday, March 15 on Zoom teleconference.

The capital program is the result of 18 months of study by the district, commissioners and their consultants, and is…

Published March 10, 2021

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The school system will soon have a new Educational Equity Policy on the books.

School Committee member Stacy Dahlstedt gave an overview of the Educational Equity Policy during a recent meeting. She and fellow Policy Subcommittee member, Vice Chairman Rich Sjoberg, worked on the new policy…

Published March 3, 2021

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The School Committee responded to its critics during a Feb. 23 meeting.

Chairman Jamie Hayman said the school board created the statement in order to “address a great deal of misinformation that has been disseminated on social media” since the committee’s last meeting on Feb. 2…

Published March 3, 2021

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The School Department will continue expanding in-person learning in the coming weeks.

Students in alternating cohorts began coming into school buildings on Wednesday mornings on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Superintendent Kristen Vogel noted during a Feb. 23 School Committee meeting that the students who are home on…

Published March 3, 2021

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Lynnfield Center Water District Board of Commissioners voted to increase rates by 2 percent during a Feb. 24 meeting.

Superintendent John Scenna recalled that the water commissioners approved a three-tier rate structure in February 2020. He said the LCWD collects revenue from water rates as…