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Lanesborough Elects New School BoardBy Al Hartheimer - May 27, 2008
Lanesborough News
LANESBOROUGH — Voters ousted two incumbents on the School Committee in the town election last week.
Regina DiLego defeated Sheila Hebert, 282-189, and Stephanie Michalak defeated John "Jack" Hickey, 256-211, in the only contested races in the election.
Of the town's 2,095 registered voters, 489, or 23 percent, went to the polls.
The vote means a major transformation of the three-person School Committee that pushed for the creation of the new school union with Williamstown. The third member, Chairman Richard Cohen, the architect of the new elementary school union, is resigning to take a job in England.
DiLego has previously served on the board and Michalak is a member of the School Advisory Council.
Joseph Szczepaniak Jr. was elected unopposed as selectman to fill the seat of Gae Elfenbein, who did not seek re-election.
Also elected was John Friend as a write-in for a five-year seat on the Planning Board; Glen Bean, assessor, three years; Amy Szczepaniak, Cemetery Committee, three years; William Stevens, Finance Committee, three years; Katharine Westwood, library trustee, three years; Robert Reilly, moderator, one year; Mark Froio, sewer commissioner, two years, and William Girard, tree warden, three years.
New Opportunities
Cohen resigned his School Committee position as of June 6 to start his new job June 8. His family will join him in July. He expects the job tenure will be one to two years and plans to rent his Lanesborough house.
"It is an exciting career opportunity and a wonderful opportunity for my family to experience life in another country," Cohen said in his letter of resignation that he submitted to the Board of Selectmen last week.
Cohen has served on the School Committee for three years and previously on the Finance Committee. His resignation came too late for the town election ballot to be changed.
With the successful creation of the new school union, the new board will now take up the settlement of the contract with the teachers.
The Selectmen and the remaining members of the School Committee will meet in the upcoming weeks to appoint someone to fill the Cohen's position.
Information provided by Lanesborough Concerned Citizens Newsletter. To receive the weekly newsletter with more Lanesborough news, e-mail ahartheimer@yahoo.com. |
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