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Paula Vogler, Correspondent SHARON – After a tumultuous year, Sharon’s School Committee will go forward with three new members to work with. Newcomers Prisnel Dominique and Wenxiao Guo Tiano won three-year terms to the Committee with 27.5% or 1,648 votes and 30% or 1,822 votes respectively along with Veronica Wiseman who received 16% or 944 votes. Incumbent Katie Currul-Dykeman did not win in her re-election bid, receiving 784 votes while challenger Inna Belenky received 786 votes, both receiving approximately 13% of voters ballots. Tanya Lewis and Aviron Shemtov won the two one-year sea...

Mary Ellen Gambon Special to Wicked Local Sharon-- The School Committee voted 6-0-1 at its Feb. 24 meeting for elementary school students to return to in-person instruction beginning Monday, April 5 while grappling with a projected $1.2 million budgetary shortfall. The motion called for transitioning learning models beginning on Aril 1 and deferring responsibility for this transition to Acting Superintendent Meg Dussault to plan and execute its implementation the methods to accomplish transition. Member Heather Zelevinsky abstained after having offered a friendly amendment to make sure that t...

'A whole dag-gone community problem' Sharon School Committee holds forum letting residents share instances of racial discrimination Mary Ellen Gambon After several recent incidents of allegations of racial intolerance directed at the Sharon School Committee and Sharon Public School teachers, the committee held a two-hour listening session for people to express their personal experiences and to educate community members on how these events have affected them and their children. Broadcast on Sharon’s public access cable station and held via the Zoom platform to encourage public participation,...