Diane Baum

The School Committee held its annual election of officers for the fiscal year 2026-27 on June 4. Acton member Tori Campbell will continue in her role as School Committee chair. Adam Klein was re-elected vice chair for Boxborough, and Lisa Adil was voted vice chair for Acton. Julie…

At the May 21 School Committee meeting, Acton-Boxborough Regional School District’s Director of Education Technology, Amy Bisiewicz, and Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning, Gabby Abrams, announced the roll out of a multi-year, district-wide phase-in of generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) for teaching and learning. Phase 1 Bisiewicz and…

The School Committee held their annual hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2026-27 budget on March 5. The hearing is required by Massachusetts Law and is an opportunity for community members to provide feedback. The final School Committee vote is scheduled for March 19. The district’s budget will…

With the AB Forward elementary school reorganization in the initial stages of implementation, the School Committee turned their attention to the 2026-27 (FY27) budget, approving a preliminary budget for the district of $122,593,238 at their budget workshop on February 9. The amount represents a 4.75% increase over FY26.…

“We have exceptional schools and have been recognized for our education, but the reality, at least for the four years that I’ve been on this committee, is that we have yet to provide level services. We have made so many cuts and so many difficult choices. I just…

School Committee continues to step up advocacy efforts to increase state funding for AB schools The Acton-Boxborough Regional School Committee engaged state Senator Jamie Eldridge and Representatives Simon Cataldo and Danillo Sena in a frank conversation at the Committee’s November 20 business meeting about the inadequacies of the…

Editors’ Note (added Dec 13, 2025): After this article was finalized, the school district released an informative new document called “Supplemental Information for School District Reorganization Discussion”. The document compares and contrasts the four reorganization options still under consideration, which will be discussed by the School Committee at…

ActonTV-School District partnership may be on the horizon as district seeks to expand career pathway exploration for students The School Committee has given the green light to Superintendent of Schools, Peter Light, to explore potential plans with ActonTV to relocate their facility to Acton-Boxborough Regional High School. The…

Acton and Boxborough residents had an opportunity to ask questions, voice concerns, and provide feedback on proposed school closures, school consolidation, and other school reorganization options at three public community forums hosted by the School District in October. The forums, which were held at the high school, the…

Big changes coming to AB schools as community vetting of school reorganization scenarios gets underway At the October 9 School Committee meeting, member Adam Klein provided an update on the ongoing work of the ABForward Steering Committee, a group that will be making recommendations to the School Committee…

The above is not an aspirational wish list but rather a set of actionable outcomes embedded in a draft theory of action document currently under consideration by the District’s 19-member Strategic Planning and Reorganization Steering Committee (the Committee). The Committee, which has met five times since May 2025,…

School may be out for the summer, but the Massachusetts state legislature has been busy finalizing the state budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 (approved on June 30) with significant increases in education spending. The $60.9 billion budget was signed by Governor Maura Healey on July 4. According…