MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

Mrs. Toni M. Harvey,
Chairwoman
Blackstone

Mrs. Harvey has been a member of the committee since 1997. She has been active in many school related volunteer organizations, including the Blackstone Elementary Parent Organization and Parent Advisory Council for Special Needs. She has served on the A.F. Maloney School Council, was a member of the building committee for the John F. Kennedy addition, and was a member of the BMR Track and Field Restoration Committee. She also served on the Blackstone Cultural Council and was a board member of the Blackstone Valley Boys and Girls Club. Throughout her terms on the school board she has served on various sub-committees. Currently, she is Chair of the BMR Policy Committee, member of the Middle School Building Committee, and member of the High School Technology Course Offering Committee. She is also the High School Student Council Advisor and member of the Blackstone-Millville Education Foundation.

She is employed at T & J Heating and Air Conditioning Inc., a family owned business in Bellingham, MA. She is married to Timothy Harvey, and they reside at 61 Bellingham Road. Their two sons, Thomas and Timothy, are graduates from BMR and are currently attending college.


Mrs. Ann M. Lesperance,
Vice Chairman

Millville

Ann is a Graduate of Blackstone-Millville Regional High School and Becker College with an associate's degree in Travel & Tourism. She is the bookkeeper for Pine Tree Concrete Products, a family owned business.

Ann has been a member of the school committee since 1997 and has served on several school committee sub-committees, including-co-chair of Defibrillator fundraising committee for BMRSD. She is also President of the Hartnett Middle School PTO, co-advisor for the Hartnett Middle School Student Council and a volunteer at the Blackstone-Millville Food Pantry. She is also very active at St. Augustine's Church in Millville.

Ann is married to Michael Lesperance and they have 2 children. Kristi is a student at BMR and Mathew attends FWHMS.

Mr. Mark Almquist ,
Treasurer
Blackstone

Mr. Almquist has been a member of the School Committee since 2000. He has served on district sub-committees including those for Guidance and Athletics. He was previously a member of the Blackstone Board of Selectmen from 1993 to 1996 and chaired the Charter Commission in 1996 and 1997.

Mr. Almquist has been employeed by Bose Corporation of Framingham, MA since 1986 and is currently the Controller for Americas Sales. He and his wife Gail reside at 21 Handy Road with their daughter Sara, who is a student at Rhode Island College.


Mr. Thomas J. Conlon,
Asst. Treasurer
Millville

 

Mr Conlon, his wife and three children have lived in Millville for over 15 years. (Two children are graduates of BMR and the third is presently in the High School.) Before election to the School Committee as a Millville Member he served on the Millville Finance Committee for several years, until recently as Chairman. Tom is a member of the Policy Subcommittee to the School Committee. He is employed as a project manager for a software company with offices in Foxborough.


Mrs. Joanne Forbes,
Secretary
Millville

Mrs. Forbes has been a member of the District School Committee since April of 2004. A ten year resident of Millville, she lives at 23 Chesley Street with her husband Douglas and their two children Sarah and Brooke who attend school within the District both at the Hartnett Middle School and the Regional High School respectively.

She is employed by Aegis Protection Group of Framingham, MA where she has worked for the past four years and has recently accepted a position with the Transportation Security Administration. Mrs. Forbes was employed at the BMR High School for eight years as the Matron. She has also served in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve at the Marine Safety Office and at the Search and Rescue Station in Boston, MA from 1985-1995.

Mrs. Forbes is currently on the Technology Sub-committee and the Communication Sub-committee for the District.

Mrs. Lynn Landry,
Blackstone

Mrs. Landry was elected to the school committee in 2004. She has served on the Middle & High School Councils and volunteered in the elementary and middle schools for many years. Mrs. Landry is serving on the Communication and Superintendent evaluation subcommittees. Lynn was the Director of Fund Raising, as well as a coach, for the local soccer organization (BMYSO) for four years. Mrs. Landry is a Registered Nurse employed at Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton Massachusetts for over 20 years. Mrs. Landry resides on Rivers Edge Roadin Blackstone with her husband Peter and three children, Christopher, Caitlin, and Sarah who attend BMRHS, BMRHS and FWHMS respectively.
Mrs. Catherine Robinson,
Millville

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