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Town presents Gold Star sign to Eighth-grade students family of fallen Vietnam soldier stand up to bullying By Christopher Roberson
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Robert, Hal, and Eric Jordan, accept a commemorative sign from the Town of Lynnfield for Patriots’ Day in memory of their brother, First Lieutenant Allan H. Jordan. Lt. Jordan was killed in action in the Vietnam War on April 6, 1968, during the Battle of Khe Sanh. See more photo highlights on page 8. (Advocate photo by Ross Scabin)
group of eighth-grade students recently decided that the bullying at Lynnfield Middle School has been going on long enough. In a letter to parents, Superintendent of Schools Jane Tremblay said 70 eighth-grade students took it upon themselves to address the issue with administrators. “Students shared great concern for the social emotional culture within their grade,” she said. “They expressed a desire to have unacceptable, hurtful behavior stop amongst their peers.” Tremblay said the students also looked to the administration for help. “They are asking the administration to be instrumental in guiding them as a group to be more respectful to each other and confirmation that students are held accountable
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when infractions occur,” she said. In response, Tremblay said administrators and guidance counselors will once again meet with the eighthgrade students when they return from spring vacation on April 23. “One of the initiatives we will begin will be a focus on helping the students gain a deeper understanding of handling social conflicts and develop a positive rapport with each other,” she said. Tremblay said the new initiatives will be augmented by a curriculum called Owning Up. According to its website, Owning Up is designed to “help young people identify and be critical of social issues in their lives from bullying and harassment in the classroom to systems of power and oppression in the world around them.”
he Planning Board recently reviewed four Town Meeting articles regarding zoning changes for the two proposed 55-plus housing developments at Sagamore Spring Golf Course. Three of the warrant articles have a direct impact on the development known as Fairways Edge at Sagamore. During the Planning Board’s April 11 meeting, Attorney Theodore Regnante, counsel for Ronald Bonvie, the developer of Fairways Edge, said the eastern side of the golf course would need to be changed from a single-family residential district to an elderly housing district. He said the golf course would also need to be included as permitted use in an elderly housing district. Regnante said a variance would be needed for the construction of 154 units. Under the current zoning bylaw, a maximum of 136 units are al-
lowed in an elderly housing zone. From a financial standpoint, he said each unit would sell for “$700,000 to 900,000.” The development would produce $1.7 million in annual property taxes and $700,000 in onetime building permit fees. Lynnfield would also receive rollback taxes from the property for five years. In addition, Regnante maintained that the student population would not be impacted, as no children would be living in any of the units. William Bergeron of Hayes Engineering said a traffic study was completed – focusing on the intersection of Lowell Street and Main Street. Since the golf course was still closed at the time of the study, he said, adjustments were made to simulate the traffic volume when the course is open. Bergeron said 154 units in a
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