Stay informed about how the town budget impacts our schools.

Sudbury needs to preserve what we have worked so hard to achieve:  a AAA bond rated town that has excellent schools and town services.
Significant cuts to town and school services will permanently alter the structure of our schools and town. We will lose services we have come to expect and depend upon.

 
Although the Board of Selectmen decided not to put an override on the ballot for March 30, they left open the possibility of an override later in the Spring. At Town Meeting on April 6, a motion can be made to suspend Article 4 (the budget article) and postpone any debate or vote on it until the first week of May. If that motion passes, residents at Town Meeting will skip Article 4 and finish the remaining articles. Town Meeting will then reconvene in May on Article 4 only. The Selectmen expressed their hope that the extra time will allow for more concrete budget numbers, both from the State's FY10 budget and from collective bargaining with the unions.

Cooking Up a Madrigal Dinner from Scratch

If you're raising a child who has attention deficit disorder (ADD or ADHD), you probably spend a lot of time pointing out the child's weak points - and looking for ways to shore them up. There's nothing wrong with trying to correct a child's impulsivity, disorganization, or lack of focus. Indeed, it's important for parents to do so. 

But focusing too intently on your child's shortcomings may be doing a number on his self-esteem.

 

Children who are continually told that they're lazy (or worse) may become so discouraged that they fail to pursue - or even to notice - the things that they're good at and enjoy doing. Like everyone else, boys and girls with ADHD have their strengths and passions, but they'll have a hard time figuring out what these are if parents and teachers are always disciplining and wagging fingers at them.

"People with ADHD improve their chances for success by focusing on their natural talents...

...the ones that consistently yield excellent performance - and by developing a plan to make those talents even stronger," says David Giwerc, an ADHD coach in Slingerlands, New York. "I don't know anyone who has gotten ahead by attempting to eliminate one's weaknesses. But I have lots of clients, friends, relatives, and colleagues who have grown and moved forward by emphasizing their strengths."