Littleton School Committee Selects New Upper-Field Design for Shaker Lane Rebuild

LITTLETON -- November 14, 2024, Littleton School Committee advances Shaker Lane full rebuild and previews second school resource officer. The building committee voted November 13 to select Option 3.1, a new school constructed on the upper field behind the existing Shaker Lane building, with demolition of the current structure to follow, as the design it will submit to the Massachusetts School Building Authority, eliminating the other two alternatives from consideration; a town meeting vote on funding is expected approximately one year away. Superintendent Anthony Cluney told the committee the district has funding in place for a second school resource officer, with a formal proposal from Chief Bernard and School Resource Officer Detective Wozniacki scheduled for the December 13 meeting and implementation targeted for January 2025. On MCAS, High School Principal Don Harrington-Weisbach reported that 66 percent of 10th graders met or exceeded expectations in both ELA and math, a drop of 12 and 6 percentage points, respectively, from the prior year, while sixth-grade ELA student growth at the middle school ranked first out of 323 Massachusetts districts. The committee voted 5-0 to adopt Policy AC on non-discrimination and harassment, adding military and veteran status omitted from the first reading, and deferred a third scheduled presentation to the next meeting.