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Q&A with Acton School Committee candidates

April 19, 2025

Acton’s Town election ballot includes three candidates running for two Acton School Committee seats. The Acton Boxborough Education Association (ABEA, the teachers’ union) posed questions to each of the candidates and shared the questions and answers with their membership and with the Acton Exchange. For more information about the candidates, two candidate forums are available from ActonTV or the ActonTV YouTube channel: the Acton Democratic Town Committee forum, and the League of Women Voters forum. For details about the election, including important dates and a link to a sample ballot, see https://www.acton-ma.gov/598/Elections-Voting. Candidates’ responses are presented in alphabetical order. The…

Revs no-hit Waltham, notch second softball win, 12-0

April 19, 2025

by James Conboy

April 10, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School: In a mercy-rule shortened game, AB’s softball team defeated the Waltham Hawks, with starting pitcher Aislinn Ryan and reliever Stacey Loram combining for a no-hitter against Dual-County League opponent Waltham. The Revs set the tone early, with three runs in the first…

A-B softball: Revs rally late in opener, earn 7-6 walk-off win

April 12, 2025

by James Conboy

April 2, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School: Softball fans were treated to an exciting Opening Day contest, with the AB Revolution and Chelmsford Lions providing an offensive showcase featuring six extra-base hits, including a sliding triple by Revs left fielder Shay Maria, and also some stellar fielding: only two…

AB baseball: Revs rally late, but Minutemen win battle

April 12, 2025

by James Conboy

April 4, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School: An eight-run onslaught in the sixth inning by the Lexington Minutemen proved too much for the Revolution to overcome, as they fell 13-9. Trailing by four after four innings, the Revs mounted a two-out rally in the fifth with two walks, and…

Acton Preschool Wins Grant for Playground Enhancement

April 5, 2025

by The Acton Exchange Team

Mt. Calvary Christian Preschool has taken a big step in enriching its outdoor play space, thanks to a $4,355 grant from Lucy’s Legacy Foundation. The nonprofit school, located on Massachusetts Avenue, used the funds to purchase a new climbing set and bridge to enhance the sensory and gross…

School Committee approves FY26 recommended budget, launches plans for school reorganization

March 29, 2025

by Diane Baum

School budget The Acton-Boxborough Regional School Committee voted unanimously at its March 20 business meeting to set the 2025-26 recommended school district budget at $116.8 million. Acton’s share is $80 million , a 2.1 percent increase that consists of an operating assessment of $76 million and a capital…

ABRHS students recognized for outstanding accomplishments in math and science

March 8, 2025

by Diane Baum

Math Olympiad Ten Acton-Boxborough students were recognized at the February 27 School Committee meeting by Superintendent of Schools Peter Light and School Committee Chair Adam Klein for their outstanding performance in round one of the state’s Math Olympiad. Maxwell Du, Bryan Li, Raymond Gao, Eric Xiang, Daniel Cai,…

School Committee moves to leverage anticipated increases in state aid for the 2025-26 preliminary budget

February 21, 2025

by Diane Baum

Budget season formally kicked off at the School Committee’s January 30 business meeting with a 2025-26 budget overview presentation and recommendation to set the preliminary budget at $116.1M. This represents a 2.9 percent increase over a base budget that has been reduced by retirement of debt ($1.6M) and…

Young scientists, engineers, and mathematicians take center stage at the 2025 AB Science Fair

February 1, 2025

by Ron Parenti

Iron Group Element Production in Type Ia (read: “type one-A”) Supernovae, Using AI to Predict Heart Disease, and The Effect of Music on Mental Health. This is just a small sample of the project topics presented by the young researchers at the 2025 Acton-Boxborough Science Fair. This event,…

ABRHS whiz kids on GBH’s High School Quiz Show

January 25, 2025

by Greg Jarboe

Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (ABRHS) has a team that will be competing in Season 16 of GBH’s High School Quiz Show, and a strategy for winning the academic tournament for Massachusetts high school students. I interviewed three of four members of the ABRHS team last week along with…

School Committee Update: December 19, 2024 and January 16, 2025 Meetings

January 25, 2025

by Diane Baum

School Committee approves Sustainability Policy The School Committee voted unanimously at their January 16 business meeting to approve a revised environmental Sustainability Policy. The updated policy strengthens the District’s commitment to renewable energy technologies and energy and resource conservation. The District will provide annual reports documenting greenhouse gas…

Acton-Boxborough to compete on Season 16 of High School Quiz Show

December 7, 2024

by The Acton Exchange Team

High School Quiz Show, GBH’s Emmy award-winning academic tournament for Massachusetts high schools, has announced the 17 teams that will compete on Season 16, including Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, which last won in season 5. The top 17 teams earned the highest scores on a written quiz at…

November 2024 School Committee Update

November 27, 2024

by Diane Baum

Acton-Boxborough student creates immersive scavenger hunt to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War Acton-Boxborough junior and Eagle Scout candidate from Troop 32, Aaryan Arora, was recognized at the November 14 School Committee meeting for his collaboration with Acton’s 250 Committee to create an American Revolution-themed scavenger…

Not your mother’s lunch line, ABRHS Farm to School program produces tasty school lunches

November 2, 2024

by Simca Horwitz

On October 28, U.S. Representative Jim McGovern and staff from the office of U.S. Representative Lori Trahan visited the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School to highlight the District’s expanding farm to school program, joined by State Senator Jamie Eldridge, State Representative Simon Cataldo, Deputy Commissioner Winton Pitcoff of the…

School Committee Update, October 24, 2024 Meeting

November 2, 2024

by Diane Baum

Congressman Jim McGovern and State Officials Tour ABRHS Food Services U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern, who represents the cities and towns in the second congressional district of Massachusetts and who has spent decades fighting to end food insecurity, paid a visit to Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (ABRHS) on Monday,…

School Committee October 2024 Update

October 19, 2024

by Diane Baum

Community members weigh in on ballot question 2 Former school committee members John Petersen and Xuan Kong spoke to the School Committee during the October 10 public comment period to encourage a no-vote on Question 2 on the November 5 state ballot. Question 2 proposes to eliminate the…

School Committee considers approval of cell tower for Charter Road campus

August 30, 2024

by Diane Baum

Cellular coverage may greatly improve on Charter Road this coming year with the expected installation of a cellular communication tower. The school district is proposing to lease a 50-by-50-foot space behind the district’s Administration Building at 23 Charter Road to TowerCo, one of the largest privately-owned companies in…

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Schools & Education

Q&A with Acton School Committee candidates

Revs no-hit Waltham, notch second softball win, 12-0

A-B softball: Revs rally late in opener, earn 7-6 walk-off win

AB baseball: Revs rally late, but Minutemen win battle

Acton Preschool Wins Grant for Playground Enhancement

School Committee approves FY26 recommended budget, launches plans for school reorganization

ABRHS students recognized for outstanding accomplishments in math and science

School Committee moves to leverage anticipated increases in state aid for the 2025-26 preliminary budget

Young scientists, engineers, and mathematicians take center stage at the 2025 AB Science Fair

ABRHS whiz kids on GBH’s High School Quiz Show

School Committee Update: December 19, 2024 and January 16, 2025 Meetings

Acton-Boxborough to compete on Season 16 of High School Quiz Show

November 2024 School Committee Update

Not your mother’s lunch line, ABRHS Farm to School program produces tasty school lunches

School Committee Update, October 24, 2024 Meeting

School Committee October 2024 Update

School Committee considers approval of cell tower for Charter Road campus

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