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When: School District of Lancaster board meeting, May 11. What happened: Board members tentatively agreed to raise real estate taxes 1.75% for 2021-22, down from the 2.12% recommended by district administrators. An informal consensus received unanimous approval. What it means: The tax hike, scheduled for a vote May 19, means residents will see an annual increase of $63.98 for an average home valued at $163,484. This translates to about $39 for every $100,000 in property. Discussion: Board membe...

When: School District of Lancaster board meeting, May 4. What happened: Board members appeared reluctant to raise real estate taxes despite the administration’s recommendation of a 2.12% increase to help offset a $15.8 million budget deficit for 2021-22. Instead, they asked Matt Przywara, the district’s chief financial officer, to analyze and present data on how a 1%-2.5% tax increase would affect the district and the community. Discussion: “It doesn’t look like anyone here ...

When: School District of Lancaster board meeting, April 6. What happened: The board discussed briefly endorsing a resolution that supports a countywide health department — an agency some members said was needed this past year during the COVID-19 pandemic as they grappled with choices that affected the health of more than 10,000 district students. Quotable: “My question I was just thinking about was ‘would a county health department have helped us in our decision-making process th...

When: School District of Lancaster board meeting, March 2.

Times Past: Feb. 23, 2021 Published: 2/24/2021 2:42:28 PM Modified: 2/24/2021 2:42:26 PM 1996 Washington’s Birthday is renowned in the area for the hatchet hunt sponsored by the Athol Fire Department and the Athol Area YMCA. More than 350 area youth with many parents ventured into the Bearsden Woods in search of 50 prizes, the most coveted of which were two engraved hatchets. Winners of the hatchets in the 74th hunt were Adam Richard, 13, of Phillipston, who found the Washington Hatchet and ...

Editors Note: This story was initially published on Jan. 11, 2021 and has been updated. Renaming two School District of Lancaster buildings was at the center of a virtual town hall meeting hosted by the district and YWCA Lancaster earlier this month. Wednesday is the last day district officials are accepting suggestions for new names until for its Southeast Middle and Buchanan Elementary schools, according to its website. Names can be submitted at bit.ly/3qfjAJh. The “Southeast Middleâ€�...

Renaming two School District of Lancaster buildings will be at the center of a virtual town hall meeting hosted by the district and YWCA Lancaster at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

On her 101st day in third grade, 8-year-old Valeria Morales settled beside her teacher for a reading assessment. Her brown hair in a ponytail, Valeria softly read aloud from a list of words that children two years younger would be expected to know. Although she had no trouble recognizing many of the first-grade level words, including "run," "map” and “sing,” she stumbled over others. “Oh, no,” she sighed. "Its OK," instructional coach Christine Linden assured her, keepi...