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 High School On February 27, Weston High School Theater Company's original one-act play was propelled to the State semi-finals of the Massachusetts High School Drama Festival to be held March 13 at WHS. Superintendent's Office Dr. Cheryl Maloney announces the selection of Dr. Christine Price as the next principal of Country School. Dr. Price, who currrently serves as Principal of the Luther Conant School in Acton, will begin her principalship on July 1. High School The WHS Science Team engaged K-5 students and their parents in all manner of scientific discovery at the PTO Family Fun Science Night on February 26, 2010. High School The highly competitive National Photography Competition is exhibiting the photographs of three Weston High School students through the month of February at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. Superintendent's Office The Community Outreach Committee of the PTO is partnering with Reach out and Read (ROR) to provide new books to children, mainly those in poverty. Donate Feb. 26 through March 5. Click above or go to PTO website. High School There Will Be No Journey, scripted by the acting ensemble, looks at how families withstand change and how parents seek to protect their children. This production will be part of the 2010 State Drama Festival and premieres Thursday, Feb 25. | School Facilities UpdatesThe Weston Public Schools is moving ahead with two major facility projects: the replacement or renovation of the Field School and the enlargement and updating of the High School Science Laboratories. At each School Committee meeting this year, progress on these projects has been shared. These updates can be found in the posted minutes (School Committee Minutes) We will now make that information more accessible to parents and the Weston community by posting the updates on our website after every meeting. We also will provide more information now that both projects have moved into new phases. For those interested in background information on these projects, numerous reports are posted on this website (see High School Science Facilities, High School Science Facilty Subcommittee, Field School Project). Field School Last September the Massachusetts School Building Authority (http://www.massschoolbuildings.org/) informed the district that the Field School project had been placed in the queue to be co-funded by the state. Since that time, the district and town officials have worked with the agency to provide required information and signatures per the protocol. This past week, for example, School Committee Chair Ed Heller and Select Chair Michael Harrity co-signed a document with me in which the Town agreed that the new or renovated facility would be built for 355 students. This number was reached after several demographic studies, a review of additional documents, and a joint meeting at the MSBA headquarters on Broad Street in Boston. At this meeting, which I attended along with State Representative Alice Peisch; Robert Liben, General Counsel from Senator Susan Fargo’s office; Ed Heller, School Committee Chair; and Matt Lucey, Field School Principal, we discussed the variables that might affect future school enrollments, such as an uptick in the real estate market, full day kindergarten, and the opening of Biogen Idec offices in Weston. While the district had been planning to build a school in the 380-400 student range, the elementary school enrollment has been declining over the last several years. With this agreement completed, the next step will be the Feasibility Agreement. I held a conference call with MSBA officials on Monday to discuss the requirements for completing this next phase. As we learn more, we will also be scheduling and publicizing a public meeting to discuss this project in late March or early April. In the meantime, any questions regarding the status of the project should be directed to Matt Lucey, Ed Heller or me. High School Science Laboratories The Town of Weston’s Permanent Building Committee (PBC) recently hired Compass Project Management to serve as project manager for the high school science lab project. Tin Bonfatti and Stephen Theran will be the project managers with Theran serving as the main liaison. A request for proposals from architects has already been posted, and there will be a site walk with prospective architects on March 3 with proposals due on March 9. On Wednesday March 3, the PBC as well as Jerry McCarty, Maryanne Rogers and I will be meeting with Bonfatti and Theran to map out the next steps in that process. The PBC meetings are held at Town Hall and are open to the public. The Project Manager will begin by tackling a number of important issues, including the hiring of the architect, addressing the new regulations that fire prevention sprinklers be added to a facility that is renovated, and investigating the impact of the new laboratories on the sewage waste water treatment plant. Cheryl R. Maloney Superintendent
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Weston Public Schools
89 Wellesley Street
Weston, MA 02493
phone. (781) 529-8080
89 Wellesley Street
Weston, MA 02493
phone. (781) 529-8080