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School committee approves routine minutes, field trips, donations and personnel actions; sets last day of school
Summary
The Lynn School Committee approved multiple routine motions including minutes, two field trips, several donations, non‑participation in school choice for 2025–26, a half‑day last day of school on June 23, a union leave for the union president, and a principal contract for Frederick Douglass Collegiate Academy.
The Lynn School Committee recorded several formal actions during the meeting. Items voted and outcomes are listed below with available roll‑call details.
Votes at a glance
- Minutes: The committee approved minutes for the Building and Grounds Subcommittee (03/27/2025), the Policy Subcommittee (04/20/2025) and the sixth regular meeting (03/27/2025). Outcome: approved (voice votes recorded as "Aye").
- Appointments (announced): The committee announced three appointments: Jackie Gallo as director of the Early Childhood Center at Bennett Street; a director appointment (first name given as "Mickie") to the therapeutic elementary program at Fallon following Nancy Conway’s retirement; and Leanne Palmer as director of the TEAMS program at Virginia Barton. (Presentations announced the appointments; no roll‑call vote was recorded in the public portion.)
- Field trips: The committee approved a Pickering grade‑8 trip to Canopy Lake Park, Salem, N.H., on June 17 and approved Lynn English High School MCJR OTC travel to the Marine Corps National Competition in Daytona (May 2–5). Outcome: approved (voice votes).
- Donations: The committee accepted multiple donations to district schools and LVTI, including gifts from Young World Academy, Snap Mobile Inc., Qdoba Restaurant Corporation and Kings Lynn Residence Council (a $2,000 gift to Callahan Elementary). Outcome: approved (voice vote).
- School choice: The committee voted to continue non‑participation in school choice for school year 2025–26. Roll‑call: Member Castellanos Yes; Member Dugan Yes; Member Gately Yes; Member Pena Yes; Member Reid Yes; Member Satterwhite Yes; Mayor Nicholson Yes. Outcome: approved (unanimous roll‑call as recorded).
- Last day of school: The committee set the last day of school for 2024–25 as June 23, 2025 (half day) and approved that date by roll call. Roll‑call: Member Castellanos Yes; Member Dugan Yes; Member Gately Yes; Member Pena Yes; Member Reid Yes; Member Satterwhite Yes; Mayor Nicholson Yes.
- Union leave: The committee approved an annual request by the Lynn Teachers Union Local 1037 for a union leave of absence for the union president for 2025–26. Roll‑call: Member Castellanos Yes; Member Dugan Yes; Member Gately Yes; Member Pena Yes; Member Reid Yes; Member Satterwhite Yes; Mayor Nicholson Yes.
- Executive session and principal contract: The committee voted to enter executive session and later reported one public vote from the executive session: approval of a principal contract for Heather Fabiano (principal of the Frederick Douglass Collegiate Academy) with a base salary of $147,000. The roll call on that contract showed: Member Castellanos No; Member Dugan Yes; Member Gately Yes; Member Reid Yes; Member Satterwhite No; Mayor Nicholson Yes. Outcome: contract approved (majority roll‑call vote).
Notes and context: Many routine motions (minutes, field trips, donations) were approved by voice vote as recorded in the meeting. Several items required roll‑call votes and were recorded in the transcript; where roll‑call results were given above they are listed exactly as read during the meeting. Some appointment announcements were presented verbally; the transcript does not show a separate formal motion and roll call for those announced hires during the public portion of the meeting.
