Talk:Randolph, Massachusetts

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This town is the most DIVERSE in the South Shore with 70% African Americans and 20% White and 10% of different origins. Randolph has the most students in schools that are in the ESL program which helps students who can't speak english.

THE ABOVE POST WAS DELETED BECAUSE IT CANNOT BE VERIFIED BY ANY RELIABLE SOURCE.

TOMTOM22 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomtom22 (talk • contribs) 17:50, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure where documentation could be found, maybe the last census results, but I'm pretty positive that Randolph is by no means 70% African American. At one time, I do remember reading in the Patriot Ledger that Randolph was the most diverse community in Massachusetts, meaning it had the largest diversity of different cultures, not the largest percentage of minorities. I don't know who wrote this article, but they're way off. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.218.143.47 (talk) 22:27, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Biased

The school system, as well as it's governing body, the School Committee, have long been recognized for their ineptitude and blatant disregard for the well-being of the school community. Residents are somewhat to blame here, for most are poor and will not vote on school funding overrides. Free lunch and lunch tickets are a large portion of the school costs, although most families abuse the system.

I deleted this post, it seems biased. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Insertclevernamehere (talk • contribs) 22:58, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

It is. tomtom22 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomtom22 (talk • contribs) 04:36, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

All of those comments can be found in the Patriot Ledger. I remember reading them in a weekend edition of the Ledger in April 2006. Did you bother to look it up before you just went and deleted it? I grew up in Randolph. i went through the Randolph Public School System. BOTH ARE TRUE!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.133.168.252 (talk) 00:39, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

In my opinion these statements are true, but that's all they are, POV. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.218.143.47 (talk) 22:28, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

City or town?

This should be easy to prove, one way or the other, but....

See which shows Randolph as a town, but it was last updated in 2008, while the Randolph charter was changed in 2009.

See also [1] which doesn't give a date.

Can anyone give a definitive reference? . . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs) 22:11, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Form of government is what determines functionally what type of municipality one is. Does Randolph at the present time use a town meeting form of government or does it use one of the city forms of government (council-manager or mayor-council)? If the former, it is a town. If the latter, it is a city. --Polaron | Talk 23:32, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

I had thought that a town could have Manager/Council, but I can't find an example, so I think you're right. In that case, Randolph is clearly a city.. . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs) 01:03, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Aha. See Administrative divisions of Massachusetts which definitively answers the question. If it has a council, it's a city. As of January 2010, Randolph has a council. End of discussion. . . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs) 12:44, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Notable People

Two of the persons listed under the notable people heading - O'mega Red and Mark Snyder - link to completely irrelevant pages. If the individuals are not notable enough to have their own pages, are they really notable enough to be listed on the town page? 2601:183:C080:9E28:226:8FF:FEF4:7881 (talk) 01:23, 12 July 2017 (UTC) User7458