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One Massachusetts town is putting its Native American logo to a vote. Residents say the debate is tearing the town apart.
By Matt Stout Globe Staff,Updated April 11, 2021, 1 hour ago
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Nicole Calabrese, who chairs a ballot committee that supports eliminating Native American imagery from Wakefield s school logo, near a Wakefield Memorial High School scoreboard that displays the logo.Suzanne Krieter/Globe staff
WAKEFIELD â The candidates argued over how to pay for a new school and the best ways to address the prolonged street closure on Broadway. As far as town council debates go, the virtual event here could have played out in hundreds of towns across Massachusetts.
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I, like many parents, grew to understand the impacts of the decisions made by the School Committee and School Administration on the student experience. I have immersed myself in several topics of education policy in Massachusetts and Wakefield such as the school funding (a/k/a Chapter 70), equitable support for special education students, and resource allocation among the District s elementary schools. I have interacted with and sought input from our legislative delegation, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and viewed, attended or spoke at several Wakefield School Committee meetings. I have also served on or monitored principal or staff search committees. With these many years of targeted contributions to the District I feel I ve developed a broad and deep understanding of what the District s goals should be. Serving as a member of the School Committee and collaborating with my colleagues is the most effective means to advocate for meanin
UpdatedThu, Apr 8, 2021 at 3:32 pm ET
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(Kevin Piskadlo)
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The following candidate profile is from Kevin Piskadlo, who is running for School Committee.
Age, as of April 1, 2021: 46
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Position sought: School Committee - 2 Year Seat
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Party affiliation: Democrat
Family: Single. One nephew at the Doyle School and moving onto kindergarten at Dolbeare in the fall and one nephew who will be a Duckling in January.
Does anyone in your family work in politics or government, including the Town of Wakefield or Wakefield Public Schools?: Brother John J. Piskadlo (WMHS Class of 1989) is a Legislative Assistant for Florida State Senator Tina Scott Polsky.
Town of residence: Wakefield, MA
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Party affiliation: Democrat
Family: Married, two (adult) children.
Does anyone in your family work in politics or government, including the Town of Wakefield or Wakefield Public Schools?: My son David Liakos is a professor of philosophy at Houston (TX) Community College, and my daughter Madeline Liakos is a school social worker in the Wellesley (MA) Public Schools.
Education: Peabody (MA) Public Schools; Bridgton (ME) Academy (postgraduate); BA, Politics/English, Assumption College, Worcester, MA; MA, History, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Occupation: Interim Executive Director, MW Productions/SPOKE, a nonprofit arts and cultural organization in Boston, MA