The Lynn School Committee and its subcommittees recorded a series of routine approvals at the March 27 meeting. Below are the motions and outcomes announced on the record.

Ford Elementary painting project — approved: The Buildings and Grounds Subcommittee approved a Sherwin-Williams-funded pavement painting project at Ford Elementary School and moved the item forward; the motion passed on roll call with Members present voting yes.

Drewitz (Drewitz/Drewitz–Connery) mosaic mural — approved: The committee approved a student-designed mosaic mural to be built with the Lynn Cultural Council grant and artist residency; the project will be installed in a back hallway. The subcommittee voted to move the project forward to the full committee with an amendment noted in the subcommittee record; roll-call votes on the subcommittee were recorded as yes by members present.

Connery (plywood mural to be hung) — approved: A similar project for Connery was approved by the subcommittee to produce artwork on plywood to be displayed in the school’s front hallway; the motion was forwarded and carried.

Policy packets forwarded to Committee of the Whole — approved (subcommittee action): The Policy Subcommittee moved multiple sets of policy revisions to the Committee of the Whole for review: (1) the ACA / ACAB / AC packet was forwarded; (2) internal-facing policies (A–I) and student-facing policies (J–L) were forwarded; and (3) an additional set including IJNDB–S, JICA and JICFB was forwarded. Roll-call votes were recorded in the subcommittee minutes and passed with members present voting yes.

Street-directory corrections — approved: The committee approved editorial edits and additions to the municipal street directory used for feeder assignments, including adding several streets (e.g., Blossom Street extension, Bubier Street, Carolyn's Road, Day Street, Ellis Street, Freeman Square, Gas Wharf Road, Gibson Place, Hansen Street, Harding Street, Marine Boulevard, McDonough Square, Susan Drive), changing Wayne Street to Wayne Ave, and removing apparent misspellings or nonexistent streets (Purdon Street, Kendall Street, Winson Street). The motion to approve the edits passed on roll call.

Field trip and donations — approved: The committee approved the Breed Middle School grade-8 field trip to Canopy Lake Park (Salem, N.H.) on June 11, 2025; accepted a $2,000 donation from King Residence Council to Breed Middle School; accepted $2,000 from the same entity to Classical High School; and accepted 500 Red Sox tickets (with vouchers and transportation) from Stop & Shop to Washington Elementary School. All donations and the field trip were approved by voice vote.

Calendar and scheduling motions — approved: The committee voted to cancel the April 24 regular meeting because of school vacation week and approved a motion to table an agenda item where a family could not attend.

Executive session — no votes reported: The committee convened an executive session for contract negotiations and bargaining strategy; the committee reported it took no votes in executive session.

These were procedural approvals and referrals; in most cases the subcommittees forwarded items for full committee information or acceptance and the work will proceed with implementation steps noted by administration.