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HOPKINTON INDEPENDENT Vol. 23 | No. 17 | August 17, 2022
Special ed proposal: staffing additions, program changes By Susan Gonsalves Contributing Writer
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HAND IT TO THEM
Town Clerk Connor Degan (left) and Darlene Hayes (right) were among the community members who showed up at EMC Park on Aug. 6 to leave their mark on Owen Fitzpatrick’s mural on the fence along the access road.
Plans call for replicating East Main historic home The house at 83 East Main Street dates back to about 1875.
By Mary Ellen Gambon Contributing Writer
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he Planning Board at its Aug. 9 meeting opened a new public hearing on an open space mixed use development at 83 East Main Street, noting concerns about how the three proposed age-restricted housing units fit in with the historic single-family house that will be replicated on the site and mesh with the neighborhood’s character. About half of the two-hour meeting was devoted to the proposal for the property by Chubb Road LLC. The site, part of the Village Center zoning subdistrict, is a small triangular plot at the corner of East Main Street and
three-year special education staffing proposal was the focus of the Aug. 8 School Committee meeting. The presentation, given by Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh, Director of Student Services Karen Zaleski and Marathon Elementary School Principal Lauren Dubeau, reflected recommendations by consultants who studied the needs. Cavanaugh said the goal is to maintain high standards with the district’s changing demographics. Although the plan recommends a restructuring of current practices, the changes are “in the best interest of our students,” the superintendent noted, and designed to “help ease transitions.” With enrollment growth comes an increase in the number of students requiring specially designed instruction, she said. A look at the numbers showed 586 students needing individualized School Committee | 13
INSIDE NEWS
PFAS in water back over allowable limit
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COMMUNITY
Special Town Meeting set to convene Aug. 18
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SPORTS
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FOEMMEL
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