School Committee Member

• Facilities Task Force committee (Chairperson)
• Superintendent of School's Diversity Advisory Committee (School Committee Representative)
• Town Permanent Building Committee (School Committee Representative)
• EDCO Collaborative (School Committee Representative)
• METCO – Building Bridges 2 Communities
• School Committee Committees - 2011 to current  (includes Legal, Permanent Town Building, Liaisons to all elementary schools, Budget, Negotiations Committees, EDCO, METCO, Diversity, Facilities Task Force, Former Chairman)
• Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC)

Experience

• Arlington resident for 45 years Pictures
• Arlington Town Meeting member - 2006 to present
• Vietnam Veteran - Honorable Discharge
  United States Air Force  - 1966 – 1970 (served in San Antonio, Texas; CCK Air Base, Taiwan; Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam; Williams AFB, Arizona.) Pictures
• Arlington Veteran's Council (member) Pictures
• Retired Teacher - Elementary, Special Education, High School - 1972- retired 2000
• Substitute teacher in Lexington, Concord - 2000 - 2011
• Labor contract negotiator as teacher - 1977 - 1998
• Special Education Advocate
• Taught graduate course, School Law - Fitchburg State College (for Superintendent and Principal candidates)
• Poetry reader to preschoolers and elementary grades
• Mock Town Meetings for Arlington 3rd graders (Peirce, Dallin, Stratton, Thompson) Pictures
• Former Substitute teacher - elementary classes in Lexington and Concord

Education

• St. Agnes Grammar School
• North Cambridge Catholic High School
• B.S. Ed. (major Elementary Ed.); M.S. Ed. (major Special Ed.), Boston State College
• 90+ credits of continuing education related to classroom and special education, law
• J.D., Massachusetts School of Law
• MCLE Seminars on School Law

Volunteer Organizations

• Rotary Club of Arlington -
  • Paul Harris Fellow (past President) and
  • Chairman of Flags for Heroes program Pictures
  • Annual (7 years) participant to Rotary Polar Plunge - Pictures
• The Children's Room, Arlington MA
• St. Agnes Parishioner - 1945 - 1973; 1994 to present (Eucharistic Minister to nursing homes - 2018 to present)
• Groton-Dunstable Retired Teachers Committee member
• Town of Arlington Poll Worker
• Association - Special Needs Activities and Programs (A-SNAP, Inc.); (member 1995 - present; President - 2015 to present) Pictures
• Massachusetts Audubon Society - Habitat, Belmont MA
• V.F.W. Post 3291 life member - 1973 to present
• American Legion Post 39 - 2011 to present
• Mass Teachers Association - 1972 -1999; Lifetime retired member - 2000 to present
• Retired Men's Club of Arlington (Member)
• Former Fill-in, Meals on Wheels, Arlington MA
• Former Little League and soccer (coach and referee)
• Former Boys Scouts of America (cub master and badge counselor)
• Former Habitat for Humanity, Belmont MA (building helper)

Activities

• Active grandparent Pictures
• Reader
• Hiker (including 2 trips to Boy Scout Philmont Range with son)
• Traveler
  • Texas, Taiwan, Vietnam, Africa, India, Far East in Air Force 1966-1970
  • D.C. for Rally to Restore Sanity in 2010
  • Trips to England (last in 2018 with 10 members of immediate family), Pictures
  • Two trips to Canada and Nova Scotia
  • Three trips across U.S. with family and
  • Second honeymoon, to Alaska in 2019, celebrating 50th wedding anniversary after renewing our vows. Pictures