Minuteman Elects New School Committee Leadership Team

PHOTO CAPTION: Minuteman School Committee Leadership Team. (left to right) Newly-elected School Committee officers Pam Nourse of Acton, secretary; David Horton of Lexington, chair; and Sue Sheffler of Arlington, vice-chair.

Minuteman Elects New School Committee Leadership Team

LEXINGTON – The newly-reconstituted Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District has a new School Committee leadership team.

At the first meeting of the new ten-member Committee, members elected David Horton of Lexington as its new chair, Sue Sheffler of Arlington as its new vice-chair, and Pam Nourse of Acton as its new secretary. The three were elected to one-year terms.

Mr. Horton succeeds Jeffrey Stulin of Needham, who successfully led the School Committee from the start of planning for a new school to its groundbreaking a month ago. Mr. Horton, who formerly served as the committee’s secretary, is a retired school administrator. He served as Principal at the Estabrook School, Bowman School, and Munroe School in Lexington and as a supervisor of student teachers at Simmons College from 2001-2017. He has been a Lexington Town Meeting member for 15 years. He served as the Treasurer of the Campaign for Minuteman's Future in 2016.

Mr. Horton calls this “an exciting time for the Minuteman community.”

“The Minuteman District is writing a new page in its history,” said Mr. Horton. “The excitement and interest in the new building and in the academy model of organizing and implementing instruction it will offer are palpable.”

“I see my role as chair and the school committee's role to facilitate and support the work being done by the Minuteman staff and the School Building Committee to complete the project successfully – on time and on budget,” he said. “At the same time, we need to ensure that the Minuteman experience for our students continues to match the expectations of the quality education for which the school is deservedly well known, while the building project unfolds.”

Ms. Sheffler, a former Arlington School Committee chair, succeeds Carolyn “Carrie” Flood of Concord as vice-chair of the Committee.

Ms. Nourse, a long-time Acton resident, replaces Mr. Horton as secretary.

As of July, the Minuteman District includes ten member towns: Acton, Arlington, Belmont, Bolton, Concord, Dover, Lancaster, Lexington, Needham, and Stow.

Construction of a new $144.9 million high school has begun. The new school is expected to be open for classes in the fall of 2019.

In the new school, students will learn in two Career Academies designed to promote collaboration and innovation. The Academies will encompass a total of 16 career programs, including two brand new ones: Advanced Manufacturing and Multi-Media Engineering (Technical Theater).

Minuteman is an award-winning regional high school that integrates robust academic and career & technical learning to deliver a revolutionary competitive advantage to its students, expanding their opportunities for college and career success.

Minuteman is as an accredited member of the New England Association of Schools & Colleges.