Lincoln METCO hosts community-wide Juneteenth celebration on Ballfield Road

LINCOLN — A community-wide Juneteenth celebration hosted by Lincoln METCO on Saturday afternoon was the weekend's marquee event in town, with town hall, the library and the regional high school all quiet heading into Sunday. No new press releases moved through the town's News Flash channel in the past 24 hours.

SCHOOLS

Lincoln METCO's Juneteenth celebration ran Saturday, June 6, from 12:30 to 4 p.m., sponsored by the Boston Bridges Initiative. Vendor tables opened at 12:30, the formal Juneteenth program ran from 1 to 2 p.m., and outdoor festivities followed from 2:30 to 4. The program featured performances from the Boston Kroc Center, a STEP team, poetry, dance and a DJ, along with bouncy houses, food and local and community vendors.

The district's most recent communications to families remain Superintendent's bi-weekly messages dated May 22 and May 8, plus the open LPS Family Feedback Survey, which the district is asking parents and caregivers to complete. At Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, the most recent posting is Superintendent/Principal Andrew Stephens' "LS News & Happenings" newsletter dated June 1.

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COMING UP

Families who have not yet responded to the Lincoln Public Schools Family Feedback Survey can still submit answers; the district has flagged it as open. Watch the LPS and L-S calendars in the coming days for end-of-year events, with only a handful of school days remaining in the 2025-26 calendar per the superintendent's most recent message.