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On Andover’s recent flooding:
“Lets hope Andover does the right thing for those poor people flooded for the second time in two weeks! Time for leadership and action!”
– mcbridelorri on Instagram.
More on AHS Principal Caitlin Brown resigning:
“Six principals resigned in 13 years. Think there might be an issue here?”
“The buck stops at the School Committee, who has created the culture that has produced the revolving door of principals at our high school. This revolving door in who is the high school’s principal makes it impossible for solid educational policies that a really good principal can put in place to take root since the revolving door means that before educational philosophy, policies, curricula and means for staff improvements a new principal brings to the job can take hold, the principal is gone and someone new has to be brought in who will, if good, have their own agenda and style of leadership and their own educational philosophy that will push the reset button on what their predecessor (in this case, 6 predecessors over just 13 years) started to do.”
– Bob Pokress, who ran for school committee in 2016
“The school system should look at promoting from within. Look for someone who understands the challenges of the job, the students, the parents, the teachers, and the community. Hiring outsiders who tend to leave after a short term is not working.”
Latest thoughts on new AHS debate:
“There’s gotta be a better solution. The big question you have to ask is if we tear down the existing school and build a new one, will it unequivocally without a doubt improve the educational experience? Sometimes in Andover, we do throw money around as the main solution.”
– Andover resident Joseph Ponti to the select board.
Speed limits on 16 roads lowered to 25 MPH:
“No words…Not only Lovejoy school district, but also High Plain Road school district. What does it take, seriously, enlighten me.”
– Gwen Kimball on Facebook.
“Let’s allow illegal use of the road; sounds like there isn’t faith in the drivers or the patrols to maintain the law. I thought that there was an agreement to make use of the streets equitable for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers. Not on Lovejoy Rd., apparently. Commuters over residents is the rule.
How can we trust our leaders to make us safer when this is their rational?”
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