Framingham School Committee Member Gets MASC Achievement Award

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Framingham School Committee member Beverly Hugo received a lifetime achievement award this week from the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC).

"This honor recognizes your contributions to the students of the Framingham School District both through your years of service on the school committee, as well as through the many activities in which you have participated as an advocate for children," MASC President Ellen Holmes, also an Ashburnham-Westminster Regional School Committee member, wrote in a letter to Hugo.

Hugo served as a past-resident of MASC, and also served with the National School Boards Association. In that role, she argued in favor equality for LGBTQ students, anti-bullying policies and against arming teachers — an idea floated in the wake of recent school shootings.

On Nov. 2, Hugo won her seventh term on the Framingham School Committee. In a pre-election interview, she named to main priorities for the next term: building a new elementary school on the south side, and forming and early childhood center similar to one in Dedham Public Schools.

She received the award during a ceremony at Wednesday's School Committee meeting.