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Superintendent: MSBA review underway for Lawrence School; federal funding changes could affect district
Summary
Superintendent Lori Dore updated the committee on MSBA review status for Lawrence School, potential town funding for a comprehensive study, new hires and administrators, a town study of Morse Pond, and federal-level risks including proposed vouchers and cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
Superintendent Lori Dore told the School Committee on Sept. 9 that the district met with the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) for a scheduled review and tours of Lawrence and Morse Pond schools and that acceptance into the MSBA program would be announced in December.
"The meeting went well, but it doesn't necessarily mean that we're accepted in," Dore said, explaining that if the district is accepted the next step would be a comprehensive study of Lawrence School. She said any such study must be conducted after acceptance; work done in advance cannot be used for the MSBA process. If accepted, a town vote for funding the comprehensive study would occur in April and not on the ballot in…
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