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In case you weren’t paying attention, it is budget season here in Lowell, Massachusetts. The Superintendent’s proposed budget is based on funds coming from Chapter 70 (state aide) and funds allocated by the City of Lowell. There are lots of moving parts to this process, including budget hearings which are generally open to the public and…
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School Committee Public Budget Hearing, Part 2 11 May 2015 All members present. The Budget Hearing was taped for later broadcast. The originally proposed budget can be found on the LPS website here. Changed budget allocations will hopefully be published sooner rather than later because there were many, MANY changes as the budget numbers were…
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School Committee Public Budget Hearing 09 May 2015 [EDITED TO INCLUDE] LTC Taped the hearing and it can be found on this weblink. Click on May 9 videolink. All members present. The Budget Hearing was taped for later broadcast. The originally proposed budget can be found on the LPS website here. The Finance Department link…
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Superintendent’s Proposed Budget Presentation, April 25, 2016 5 present, Mr. Gendron absent. There have been many reports that this budget season is going to be a tight one. Although the City has committed to increasing their contribution by $1 million, the school department had recently floated a budget total with an additional $1 million deficit gap. Dr. Khelfaoui…
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The public hearings on the 2010-2011 school budgets begin tonight in Lowell. No one thinks that there is any way the schools will be able to get through the next fiscal year without massive cuts of programs, services and teachers. The last several years the budgets have been decreased and belt-tightening measures have been put…
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