Thank you to Chelmsford Representatives On behalf of the Initiative for Local Aid, we would like to thank Senator Fargo, Representative Atkins, Golden, Hall, and Nangle for their hard work this legislative session.  Your courage to champion the issue of educational equity has facilitated an increase in Chapter 70 School Aid for Chelmsford.  The increase will allow Chelmsford to keep a few of the first grade classrooms under twenty students, hire back three full time employees at the high school, keep two of our elementary counselors, and save four out of ten teacher positions that were to be cut.  Collectively, we appreciate the time you took to communicate with residents, officials, and fellow legislators. Thank you.    Laura McLaughlin Donna Newcomb	Thanks to John and Arlene Christianson and Council of Chelmsford Schools!  Thank you to John and Arlene from the Christianson Bus Co. and the Council of Chelmsford Schools for providing the resources necessary to take a bus to the State House on April 25,  2007!
Thank you to all of you who wrote letters, attended events, and met with your legislators.  Without your persistence the issue of educational equity and adequacy would never be heard!  Way to go!	Thank you to those of you who rode the bus to the State House on April 25, 2007... Liz Larson, Kathy Duffett, Maggie Edwards, Betsy Nahas, Angie Taranto, Bill Dalton, Tom Mills, Tom Christiano, Sam Chase, Donald Van Dyne, Paul Cohen, Colleen Stansfield, Michelle Thomas, Mary Tiano, Paul Gillis, May Anne Peresky, Karen Moore, Anne Combs, Pat Wojtas, Barb Belanger, Karen DeDonato, Donna Newcomb, Derek McLaughlin, and Bobby McLaughlin.
Thank you to Kathy Duffett and Mary Tiano for creating a concise and fair proposal to the legislature....