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Lawrence City personnel committee moves school-committee interviews into executive session

Personnel and Administration Committee, Lawrence City · November 14, 2025
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Summary

The Lawrence City Personnel and Administration Committee on Nov. 13 reviewed a personnel memo and scoring rubric for appointments to three school-committee seats and voted to enter executive session to conduct structured candidate interviews; the committee will forward top scorers to the full council for final appointment.

Chair Stephanie Fante opened the Nov. 13 meeting of Lawrence City’s Personnel and Administration Committee and framed the night's work as the first round of structured interviews to fill three appointed seats on the school committee. “The purpose of this process is, obviously, to have a fair, consistent, and transparent process of this evaluation and interview of the candidates,” Fante said, describing a memo prepared by the personnel director that guided the format and scoring.

Fante told applicants and committee members that the personnel director, with assistance from the city attorney and city clerk, prescreened applications to confirm they met…

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