To the editor:
It’s time to fix the high school roof — and the School Committee that let it fall apart while grinding their many axes.
Since at least 2020, the MHS roof has been actively leaking. In 2022, Town Meeting approved funds for repair. Yet then the School Committee’s facilities subcommittee — led by now-candidate Sarah Fox and now-candidate Alison Taylor — didn’t meet for 15 straight months. Not once. And they offered no explanation for their delay as ceiling tiles literally fell onto the heads of students.
If this was your home, you would fix it, and fast. The high school is home to the kids of Marblehead 180 days of the year, but they can’t fix it without you.
Marblehead voters should vote YES on the roof override on June 10. The building needs it and our kids and teachers deserve it. But let’s also hold accountable the people who were asleep at the wheel after appointing themselves to lead. That means voting out the two incumbents: Sarah Fox and Alison Taylor.
On June 10, we are voting for Kate Schmeckpeper and Henry Gwazda. They’re our best shot at bringing competence and accountability back to the School Committee.
Nina Pickering Cook, Pearl Street
Cynthia Elesinmogun, Bubier Road
Sean Greely, Front Street
Kira Kay, Pickwick Road
