Posted by MikeNaughton - Fri, May 11, 2012, 9:55 P

School Committee Election

PaulK - the vote is May 21: polls are open 7am to 7pm

For Montague, there are two three-year seats open, as there are every year -- Jeff Singleton's and Kris Boyle's. Kris has decided not to run, and Misty Lyons is on the ballot instead. There is also a two-year seat open, to fill the rest of Emily Monosson's term.

There is also one seat open in Gill, and as far as I know Jen Waldron is still unopposed.

From The Recorder (4/4/12):
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"The Gill-Montague Regional School Committee has no competition for seats this year, with four posts open for election and four takers.

"Two incumbents and two new faces submitted nomination papers for this week’s deadline, according to Robin Hamlett of the superintendent’s office, although the papers have not yet been certified by the towns.

"Running for the two three-year Montague representative’s seats are Misty Lyons of 64 Old Stage Road and incumbent Jeffrey Singleton of 27 Center St.

"Kristin Boyle did not file papers to run for another term in the seat she currently holds as a Montague representative on the nine-member committee.

"Incumbent Jennifer Waldron of 15 Oak St., Gill, is running unopposed for the open three-year Gill seat.

"Charles Kelley of 89 K St., Turners Falls, is running to fill the two years remaining in the Montague seat left empty by Emily Monosson’s March resignation."
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I was handed a flyer before town meeting that urged me to vote for Misty Lyons and write-in Lesley Cogswell for the two 3-year seats and write-in Shelly Clark for the two-year seat. From that, it seems pretty clear there's a group hoping to remove Jeff Singleton from the school committee.