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Thursday, March 1, 2012

School Comm. Candidates Address Growing Population

School Committee candidates David Margil and Firkins Reed participated in the Natick Forever School Committee Forum Wednesday night, discussing the future of the school system.

  School Committee candidates Firkins Reed and David Margil discussed the future of the Natick Public Schools Wednesday night at a Natick Forever School Committee Forum. Both candidates agreed that the rapidly growing number of students is one of the most pressing challenges the Natick school district will face over the next several years. “I’m reminded this is a nice problem to have, but it presents huge challenges,” said Reed, who has been an educator for more than 25 years.  Enrollment throughout the school district has reportedly increased by 500 since 2006 and is expected to grow to more than 5,000 by the end of the year, said Reed, adding that the town should do whatever possible to keep class sizes manageable. Her priority, she said…

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Candidates to Face Off for Town Seats

Natick Forever will sponsor debates between candidates for the Board of Selectmen and for School Committee candidates.

With the March annual town election not far around the corner, Natick Forever Political Action Committee will host two debates for candidates for the Board of Selectmen and a forum for School Committee candidates. The first selectmen candidate debate, between current selectman Joshua Ostroff and former Finance Committee Chairman Rick Jennett, will take place on Feb. 15. at 7 p.m. at the Morse Institute Library. Ostroff and Jennett are both running for the three-year term on the board. The second debate between them will be March 7. Three candidates will compete for the two three-year seats on the Natick School Committee. Current committee chairman David Margil, businessman Timothy Kelley and former educator and volunteer Firkins Reed will …

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