Posts by Yvette Cain
Youth Advisory Council Hears Update on Rent and Mortgage Relief
The Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) met remotely on Monday evening, October 19, as Chair Jennifer Liebermann called the meeting to order at 7:03 PM.
Read MoreSchool Committee Met Thursday Evening
Following an Executive Session addressing collective bargaining strategies with the Holliston Federation of Teachers and with non-union personnel, Chair Stacey Raffi began the remote open session of the School Committee (SC) at 8:09 PM, October 15. Members of the SC addressed the remote audience with several points of interest.
Read MoreSchool Committee Meets Thursday Evening
The School Committee meeting was called to order at 7:03 PM on October 8, by Chair Stacey Raffi, following an Executive Session for the purpose of Collective Bargaining. Visitors to the meeting included Fire Chief and Emergency Management Director Michael Cassidy, Board of Health Director Scott Moles, and Director of Athletics, Matt Baker.
Read MoreLibrary Trustees Meet on Stormy Night
A quorum was quickly assembled online for a remote meeting of the Library Trustees on Tuesday evening at 7, and was called to order by Chair Nancy Baron. Following the approval of the September 2 meeting minutes, the Trustees greeted Library Director, Leslie McDonnell, who presented the Director’s Report.
Read MoreGovernance Committee Meets with Town Administrator
The Governance Committee (GC) met remotely Thursday afternoon, 4PM, in an open meeting when they conversed with Town Administrator (TA), Travis Ahern, in another information-gathering session. Chair Sam Tyler reviewed the direction of the Committee’s work with Ahern prior to eliciting his knowledge of Holliston’s Finance and Fiscal Procedures.
Read MorePerkins Joins Senior Center as Assistant Director
Bryan Perkins joins the Senior Center as Assistant Director in September with the departure of Linda Sottile, whose move to South Carolina to enjoy her grandkids left a vacancy in the Center’s staff. But Perkins has the drive, experience and enthusiasm to assume the challenging role.
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Read MoreGovernance Committee Continues Research with School Committee
Thursday evening, following its Executive Session, the School Committee (SC) reconvened and shared almost an hour of its meeting time with the Governance Committee (GC). Sam Tyler, GC Chair, called the remote session to order at 7:13 PM and reviewed the purpose of this visit.
Read MoreYouth Advisory Committee Meets
Chair Jennifer Lieberman called the remote meeting of the Youth Advisory Committee to order remotely at 7:08 PM Monday evening with a crowded Zoom screen revealing several new faces.
Read MoreBack to School with the Superintendent
Dr. Susan Kustka, Interim Superintendent of Holliston Public Schools (HPS) since the July 1st departure of Dr. Brad Jackson, talked to us recently about the September 16th reopening of schools, during the COVID 19 pandemic. Throughout our conversation, her care about students and interest in providing them the best in education became clear.
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Read MoreGovernance Committee Continues Its Research
The Chairs of both the Governance Committee (Sam Tyler) and the Finance Committee (Ken Szajda) called their respective Committee to order remotely at 7 PM on Tuesday evening, September 15.
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