Congratulations!

Three electric school buses have been delivered to AB! These buses and their dedicated chargers are funded by MA CEC and US EPA grants. Next steps include driver training and final bus preparations. We anticipate the e-buses will be in service transporting our students in the next few weeks - keep your eye out!   

AB Forward Parent/Caregiver Updates

AB Forward Updates are scheduled for Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. and will last approximately 45 minutes. These sessions provide parents and caregivers with the latest information and a clear overview of any new developments. There is also dedicated time for participants to ask questions and engage directly in the conversation. Dates are as follows: January 27, February 24, March 10, March 24, April 14, May 12, and June 9. 

Here is the Zoom link for Tuesday, January 27, at 7:00 p.m.

School Committee Votes FY27 2026-27 School Calendar

At their meeting last night, the school committee voted to adopt the Calendar for the 2026-27 School Year.  Here is the calendar link.

Last night we presented our FY27 Preliminary Budget to the School Committee.  We presented a preliminary budget that totalled $121.3M, a 3.69% increase from FY26.  The largest drivers of our budget increase are health insurance, salaries, and special education tuition.  Reductions to the budget are accounted for in the AB Forward staffing plan that was previously shared.  We are also proposing to add additional counseling services at the elementary schools, a multilingual educator, several special education positions, a K-8 literacy coordinator, and nursing support to accommodate increased enrollment at the Boardwalk and Parker Damon Buildings.

Our budget workshop is scheduled for Monday, February 9, 2026, from 6:00-8:30 p.m. in the Administration Building Auditorium.  You can attend the ABRSD Auditorium in person or view the workshop on Acton TV.

26th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Assemblies

On Monday, January 26, 2026, we will celebrate 508 students at grade-level assemblies who earned community service award recognition in 2025. Congratulations to our students!

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 27, 2026, marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp by the Soviet Red Army in 1945. The day is designated by the United Nations to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism, and to promote Holocaust education worldwide. 

Community Coffee with School Committee Chairperson and Superintendent