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Our charge is to submit a report to the Natural Resources Commission recommending a course of action to improve the ecological health and recreational capacity of the pond system by December 2.
Experience has taught me the democratic way of organizing a society works well if everyone behaves themselves, but there’s the rub.
There is a great intangible, yet highly significant, value to preserving the natural spaces that exist in communities.
That would be a full honor, rather than a tacked on acknowledgement of her educational and social justice contributions.
It is not an argument against Hanscom to cite lifestyles (only the hyper-wealthy fly private jets). If it were, why does exclusive Acton have single-family zoning?
Removing Warner’s Pond Dam would be of little consequence to fish passage, but very destructive to the recreational opportunities afforded by the pond.
The School Committee chose to adopt what Town Meeting had clearly rejected, and to reject what TM had clearly advocated.
As we forge a compromise on the name of our future middle school, let’s keep in mind what this fight has really been about.
Outside of the pleasure of watching grandkids play the game and execute plays, I was carried back to memories of past baseball.
Ellen Garrison was an educator who taught children, unable to get an education, to read.
Would I have preferred the simple “Ellen Garrison Middle School?” Absolutely. Is the new name clunky? Yes. Is the new name acceptable? Also yes.
Like every judge sitting in our state and federal courts, the School Committee should accept the fact that they might have missed the mark on the first pass.
