Clinton Eighth Graders Pass Six of Seven Mock Articles

Town Meeting · Meeting of June 2, 2026

Clinton Middle School eighth graders held their annual Mock Town Meeting, passing six of seven student-written articles while rejecting a $550,000 bike lane proposal. State Representative Meg Kilcoyne told students a beautification idea from last year's session helped her secure $50,000 in the state budget for fountains at Central Park and Carlisle Park. Police Chief Brian Coyne said the department left civil service and now pays officers extra for speaking Spanish, Arabic or Portuguese, telling students "we want our department to look like and reflect the community that we serve." DPW employee Lisa Profitt, citing Clinton's narrow streets and limited parking, helped sink the bike lane article after two card votes.

Other passed articles funded a $5,000 farmers market, a $15,000 composting station with curbside pickup exploration, a ban on data centers, and a $9,500 mental health hotline and website.

In the full story:

• Opening remarks and the $50,000 fountain grant
• Article 1: Seasonal farmers market
• Article 2: Multilingual police officers
• Article 3: Town jobs agency
• Article 4: Composting station
• Article 5: Ban on data centers
• Article 6: Townwide bike lanes
• Article 7: Mental health website and hotline
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,620 words

Source: the Town Meeting meeting of June 2, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.