Lincoln School Committee approves $400,000 Hanscom OPEB transfer and LEAP lease renewal

LINCOLN -- May 18, 2023, Lincoln School Committee approves $400,000 Hanscom OPEB transfer and renews LEAP license at $33,750. The unanimous roll-call vote on the GASB 45 transfer included $200,000 already budgeted plus a $200,000 add, business administrator Mary Ellen Bilodeau told the committee, which will close fiscal 2023 in a positive balance. The Lincoln Extended Day Activities Program license for POD-C was extended through June 2024 after edits broadening a displacement clause from "major public school building" projects to any "major construction project requiring relocation", member Susan Taylor noting "a tree could fall again." Outgoing Superintendent Becky McFall said the district has paused work on locally combined SEL and anti-racism standards pending forthcoming DESE guidance: "We have a long way to go." Assistant Superintendent Jess Rose reported staff pulse checks averaged 69 percent response across roughly 250 employees with "tired" the most common one-word descriptor every month. The committee also appointed incoming Superintendent Perry Graham to the Concord Area Special Education Collaborative board.