Caleb Kenna Lincoln Community School Anna Smith grew up in Lincoln, in a house just a stone s throw from the New Haven River and half a mile from the elementary school. Ever since she left, she s been trying to figure out how to get back. For now, her job as an elementary school health teacher keeps her in another town in Addison County, Leicester. So her father, who s retired and lives alone, is doing his best to keep her childhood home in decent shape affordable housing is scarce in the mountain town. He said, I m holding on to it because otherwise you won t be able to live here, Smith, 30, said. I told him, If the school isn t there, I would have some hard thinking to do.