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Article: DEVENS EYES SCHOOL OPTIONS KEEPS CONTRACT WITH SHIRLEY AND AYER UNTIL 2005
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 19, 2003
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To Colleen Lange, residents of Devens are like pioneers. A close-
knit village with a distinct sense of individuality, she says, this
community still lacks what residents in other towns may take for
granted: a zip code, its own public schools, and formal recognition
as a town.
"There's no other situation like it. . . . It's like a new
frontier out here," said Lange, who moved to the former military base
after the Army sold it in 1996.
Nowhere have the struggles of this burgeoning community of 100
families been felt more than in education, where debate about where
Devens students should attend public schools is ongoing.
The officials overseeing education at Devens voted this month to
retain ...