I write to enthusiastically endorse Charles Morton and Jack Ryan in their campaign for the LS School Committee. Charles and Jack are in a three-way race for two vacated seats on the Committee. I encourage you to meet Jack and Charles, in the process learn more about LSRHS and its wide and incredible array of opportunities for our children, and to vote on Monday, March 31 at the polls in Lincoln for Charles Morton and Jack Ryan.
Charles Morton (CharlesMorton.com) is the father of four elementary and middle school children, all of whom will attend LSRHS over the next ten years. He is active in the Sudbury community as a youth soccer and volleyball coach. In his professional life, Charles is an academic, teaching Chemistry at Brown. Before that Charles worked with a wide array of learners as a tutor in the Metro Boston area, which helped inform him and his wife where they wanted to live, raise and educate their children. >From these experiences, Charles has an astute sense of what it takes to educate the whole child, the need for ongoing, thoughtful educational program evaluation and responsive change, and a full and enthusiastic respect for the teaching and learning that occurs at Lincoln-Sudbury. In my encounters with Charles, I find a calm, reflective, well-prepared candidate ready to roll up his sleeves, impart his perspective, but most of all to listen, learn and contribute fully to the roles and responsibilities of the LS School Committee. I have known Jack Ryan (RyanforLS.com) for 20 years. A retired lawyer, Jack and I overlapped as colleagues on the LS School Committee, early in my tenure and at the conclusion of Jack’s first four terms of service. Jack chaired the LSRHS building committee, completed in 2004, bringing the project in on time and below budget. Jack has a wide lens on Sudbury, Lincoln and our shared high school. He has served in many other capacities in Sudbury: Finance Committee for seven years, Sudbury Council on Aging Board and other organizations. His pull to run again is multi-faceted - policy, governance, funding and also family, as Jack has grandchildren who will be attending LSRHS in the near future. Jack is sharp, knowledgeable, candid, and committed. He shares with me a depth of perspective and appreciation for LSRHS that also fuels his call to serve again. Charles and Jack, both Sudbury residents, will be thoughtful and inclusive in their service to the whole LSRHS community, Lincoln, Sudbury and Boston. Here are a few ways to get to know the candidates: *In addition to their websites, the Sudbury League of Women Voters has a recorded Candidates Forum featuring all the candidates for the LS School Committee, which can be found here - https://cloud.castus.tv/vod/sudbury/video/67ca036cb788900008463c8b?page=HOME . **Sudbury Weekly*, Sudbury’s online news source, also has “Thoughts in Return”, a Q&A with all candidates - sudburyweekly.com/category/features/. *There will be an opportunity to meet the candidates and ask questions at the Candidates’ Forum in the Learning Commons at the Lincoln School on Monday, March 24 at 7pm. *Lastly, there will be a virtual Meet-and-Greet for Jack and Charles on Tuesday evening, March 25 at 7:30pm, the link is here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGhWpYdfo4/Q5v298MaoNWi2BM5eNZUwQ/view?utm_content=DAGhWpYdfo4&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=hede34fdbbf Please remember to vote, Monday, March 31, at Lincoln School and ink in the circles for Charles Morton and Jack Ryan. Nancy Marshall *I am an appointed member of the Lincoln Finance Committee. I am writing this letter in my personal capacity as a private citizen. My views are my own.*
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