Historical notes on renaming Ripley… and Willard
All of the other schools in Acton are named after educators: Bronson Alcott, Henry David Thoreau, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, Frank Sanborn.
Letters
School Committee stance on Garrison naming is ‘embarrassing’
Let’s be clear — naming a building is NOT the same as naming the entire school.
Do you still want ranked choice voting? If so, act
Next year is our 250th anniversary of leading democracy. Let’s be a “laboratory for democratic innovation” in Massachusetts.
School Committee should respect Town Meeting wishes
Ellen Garrison Middle School will represent the values of our community and will show those values to the world.
Thank you, Ashley Judd, for urging us to use our voice
Ashley Judd implored us to honor the sacrifice of the embattled farmers in 1775 by speaking up.
Save our endangered historic sites from airport expansion
If our democracy can’t protect the places that gave it the life it has today, how can we hope that it will protect us anywhere?
New Town Meeting study group needs ‘thoughtful’ reps
Acton has plenty of residents who enjoy a deep sense of belonging here and others who feel deeply alienated from how decisions are made.
Honor Louisa May Alcott, Peabody, and Garrison at new middle school
Wouldn’t this embracing approach be both appropriate as a symbol of Acton, and inspiring for everyone to see?
School Committee blocking ‘will of the people’
Is the School Committee saying, without actually saying it, “Let’s keep Acton White?”
Town Meeting: A lesson in missed opportunity and more
Town Meeting should serve as Acton’s legislative body
I urge the School Committee to reconsider the course they have so far chosen to pursue.
School Committee should ‘elevate voters’ wishes’ in naming
The community’s desire voted at the Town Meeting was to request the name change to honor Ellen Garrison.