Lincoln PAC questions Special Ed program
Lincoln's Parent Advisory Council (PAC) advised Lincoln Public School Superintendent Mickey Brandmeyer in a letter, a memo and a meeting last Spring that there were problems with the special ed program on the Lincoln campus. An inordinate number of parents have complained that their children have been denied program access, had testing scores ignored and that the program lacks the resources to be effective.  A PAC is a voluntary community organization of parents who have children that are receiving special services in a local school system.

Click Here to read the letter to the superintendent and the meeting minutes.

Click Here to read the follow-up memo.

Click Here to visit the Lincoln PAC webpage (part of the Lincoln public School website).

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Jan Nyquist resigns school committee seat
Lincoln School Committee member Jan Nyquist announced today that she was stepping down. No other information was provided in a one-sentence email to school committee chairman Dennis Picker as to why she was resigning.  The school committee will discuss the matter at this Thursday's meeting.

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Lincoln decides
Lincolnites flocked to the polls, as 3,406 out of approximately 3800 registered voters, or roughly 89.6% voted.  Results are below:
 

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Town settles Harvey suit
According to sources in the Lincoln DPW Department, Superintendent Vinnie D'Amicis informed the workers that the town had settled the pending legal actions with Paul Harvey for $125,000.  This coincides with previous reports that the settlement had been between $100-$150,000. 

Harvey had filed a union grievance and a lawsuit alleging age discrimination in his layoff three years ago.  It was unclear how much of that sum would be paid by the town's insurance policy and whether the town would be liable for any of the settlement.

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Town political contribution report
Lincoln citizens have donated over $639,000 so far to political campaigns during the 2004 political season. That's more than double the $290,000 contributed in 2000. Lincolnites contributed to Kerry, Bush, the DNC, the Democratic Congressional Committee, Emily's List and others.

ClickHere to view Lincoln's Top 10 Contributors

Click Here to view the list of all Lincoln contributors (you might be on it!)

Click Here to see who's getting Lincoln's donations

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DeNormandie defaults on Fitts property
The commissioner for the court charged with auctioning the Fitts property at 40 Weston Road confirmed that Boston real estate developer Philip DeNormandie has defaulted on his winning bid, made at the August auction.  DeNormandie's lawyers notified Commissioner David Goldman that "he is not able to comply" with the terms of the auction, which called for DeNormandie to pay $1.5 million for the house and surrounding 2+ acre property.  However, his bid to acquire the adjoining 13-acre parcel in the second part of the auction was thwarted when that parcel sold for $750,000 to Addison Parks, a Weston Road neighbor.  That portion of the sale is going forward.

Commissioner Goldman stated that the property was offered to the second-highest bidder, Thomas Bray, who had bid $1.45 million, but that Bray declined.  A court date of October 28 has been set to inform Judge Donnelly and to hear motions as to the future disposition of the property.