At first, Lynn School Committee candidate Stan Wotring
was reluctant to run for office.“I felt I could have more influence outside of
office writing,” Wotring maintained. He writes the often controversial blog
Lynn School Watch. The Watch is a mixture of poetry, fiction, and up to date information about the schools
and education that readers have a hard time finding anywhere else.
Wotring has attended almost all of the school committee
meetings the past year, usually occupying his familiar seat in the front row of
the audience. He also attends Meetings for the Highlands Coalition, The New
Lynn Coalition *both of which he serves on the Board of Directors), he has been
involved with SPED
-PAC and was a volunteer librarian at Ford School for a
year. Wotring also helped to start the newspaper at Ford.
With the help of current committee member Donna Coppola,
Wotring brought together GM Bill Terlecky of the North Shore Navigators and LPS
Superintendent Cathe Latham who organized a special School Day where some 1800
fifth graders from all across the city were bused to Fraser Field on June 6 to
watch a special exhibition game.
Back in West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1981, Stan was
left in a coma for eleven days after a car accident. Undeterred by his new found
disabilities, Stan received his bachelors four years later, not even missing a year of school. His
career path has taken some twists and turns over the years but he has always
kept focused on the need to help others.
After retiring on disability from the Department of
Developmental Services, three years ago Wotring[i]
served a year in an unpaid capacity as the first chairman of the newly formed
Lynn Disability Commission. Wotring resigned after a very successful first year
because he felt he could better serve a wider range of people than only one
community.
Wotring brings that passion to his fight to see that
everyone is getting a quality education. “I have made overcoming challenges my
life’s work and I hope to bring that skill set to the Lynn Public Schools.
Heavens knows, we got challenges”.
To learn more about his candidacy, Wotring suggests going
ti his blog, Lynn School Watch where he hopes you will both be informed and
entertained. Life is too serious to always be serious,” he maintains.
“Still, everybody needs to be accountable.”
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