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Candidates fault city-district coordination on school building repairs after mold and elevator problems discussed
Summary
Lowell school committee candidates criticized recurring maintenance problems—mold at Pawtucketville and a broken elevator at Bartlett—and called for better prioritization of capital spending and clearer roles between the city and district.
Candidates at a Lowell School Committee forum raised recurring building safety and maintenance issues, citing mold at Pawtucketville and a nonoperational elevator at the Bartlett School as examples of long-standing facilities problems.
Connie Martin said the city is responsible for building maintenance and acknowledged a backlog of deferred maintenance: “the reality is... our school buildings over the last,…
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