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Category: Lowell School Meetings
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School Committee Meeting, 18 May 2016 All present Between Tuesday’s City Council Meeting and Wednesday’s School Committee Meeting, Mayor Kennedy has done a yeoman’s job of navigating through some very highly charged Public Comment sessions. The agenda included a Public Hearing on Inter-District School Choice which quickly morphed into comment on Item 10, the Policy…
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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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School Committee Meeting, 04 May 2016 Finance Subcommittee Meeting, 04 May 2016 All members present This was a marathon session, especially for School Committee members present for both the regular meeting and finance subcommittee Q&A session, as well as the school department personnel. An executive session was sandwiched in between the two public meetings –…
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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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School Committee Meeting: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 All members present. The Special Order of Business tonight focused on the Kathryn Stoklosa Knowledge Bowl competition, which has been a yearly academic match-up since 1988. The 2016 winning Wang Middle School Team was featured along with all participants. Congrats to the Wang Team and their coaches and…
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School Committee Meeting: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 All members present. Item 19, a motion by Ms. Martin meant to highlight innovative curricula in the Lowell Schools, was taken out of order. The featured school, The Pyne Arts (link here), is a Grades PK-8 magnet school. It is unique because of the grade span that the…
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School Committee Meeting: Wednesday, March 2, 2016 All members present. This meeting, the first since February 3 due to the Winter vacation week cancellation, was extra lengthy – 37 items. The highlights are posted below. Special Order of Business: Spotlight on Youth Mental Health First Aid This new program was funded through a $100,000…
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School Committee Meeting: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 All members present. Subcommittees The Subcommittee on Policy, chaired by Mr. Hoey, met on January 27th. The report from the meeting suggested a change to the LPSD school purchasing policy so that LPSD purchasing aligns with the City of Lowell purchasing policy. Much discussion about the threshold of…
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School Committee Meeting: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 All members present. Twenty-seven items were posted on this agenda which included an Executive Session to discuss contract negotiations and consideration of contract extensions for two Assistant Superintendents. Although most of the meeting was routine, there were two points that caused longer discussion: STEM at Lowell High and…
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