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The newly reconstituted Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District has a new School Committee leadership team.
At the first meeting of the new 10-member committee, members elected David Horton of Lexington chair, Sue Sheffler of Arlington vice chair and Pam Nourse of Acton secretary. All were elected to one-year terms.
Horton succeeds Jeffrey Stulin of Needham, who successfully led the School Committee from the start of planning for a new school to its groundbreaking in June. Horton, formerly the committee secretary, is a retired school administrator.
He served as Principal at the Estabrook, Bowman and Munroe schools in Lexington and as a supervisor of student teachers at Simmons College from 2001-2017. He has been a Lexington Town Meeting member for 15 years. He served as the treasurer of the Campaign for Minuteman’s Future in 2016.
In a July 26 news release, Horton calls this “an exciting time for the Minuteman community.
“The Minuteman district is writing a new page in its history. The excitement and interest in the new building and in the academy model of organizing and implementing instruction it will offer are palpable.”
He added in the release: “I see my role as chair and the School Committee’s role to facilitate and support the work being done by the Minuteman staff and the School Building Committee to complete the project successfully — on time and on budget. At the same time, we need to ensure that the Minuteman experience for our students continues to match the expectations of the quality education for which the school is deservedly well known, while the building project unfolds.”
Sheffler, a former Arlington School Committee chair, succeeds Carolyn “Carrie” Flood of Concord as vice chair of the committee.
Nourse, a longtime Acton resident, replaces Horton as secretary.
As of July, the Minuteman District includes 10 member towns: Acton, Arlington, Belmont, Bolton, Concord, Dover, Lancaster, Lexington, Needham and Stow.
Construction of a new $144.9 million high school has begun. The new school is expected to be open for classes in the fall of 2019.
In the new school, students will learn in two career academies designed to promote collaboration and innovation. The academies will encompass a total of 16 career programs, including two new ones: advanced manufacturing and multimedia engineering (technical theater).
Minuteman is an award-winning regional high school that integrates robust academic and career and technical learning to deliver a revolutionary competitive advantage to its students, expanding their opportunities for college and career success.
This news announcement was published Wednesday, July 26, 2017.
