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Once upon a time, I taught 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders. Now I’m retired and working on new ventures.
Category: Lowell School Meetings
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6 members present, Jackie Doherty absent As the first meeting of the year, this was a very quick one (about 25 minutes). Most of tonight’s agenda was routinely dealt with so I’ve only noted points in the meeting where there was some discussion. After the roll call, Mr. Gendron received committee persmission to have LHS…
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School Committee Meeting: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 All members present. This is the last meeting for 2015 and therefore, the last time this particular group of members will meet as a School Committee. The published agenda for this meeting was 33 items long, and given some of the topics, I thought we all might need…
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School Committee Meeting: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 Five members present, Mr. Gendron was absent. This meeting again featured a public portion and an Executive Session. Most of the agenda items were dealt with quickly with little discussion. Motions There were two new motions, both made by Mayor Elliott. Agenda Item 5 (2015/453) addressed some concerns…
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School Committee Meeting: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 All members present. Ms. Martin was presented with an award from Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) recognizing her work during 8 terms on the School Committee. Tonight was a packed agenda which included 15 Motion Responses addressing the lengthy and sometimes obsolete list of motions from prior…
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Meeting: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 All members present. The day after local elections and a short agenda made for a quick public meeting – under 1 hour. The Committee met in Executive Session for an update of UTL negotiations/grievances after the public portion of the agenda. Most of the 19 agenda items were passed or…
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What follows are some highlights from a very lengthy School Committee meeting. In place of a bulleted list of meeting agenda items (the meetings are televised and rebroadcast by LTC), I’ve included some explanatory commentary. Why? Education issues are often fairly complicated; we use too many acronyms and assume what is obvious to those of…
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These are my notes from the Strategic Planning Launch held October 14, 2015. (Lowell: Imagine Our Future Public Meeting). The meeting was held in the Burgoyne Theater at LHS Freshman Academy. In attendance were many school and district administrators, at least 2 current school committee members along with several candidates for school committee, parents, teachers,…
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