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Superintendent: Enrollment up to 646; staffing gaps, EV charger grants, and summer meals highlighted
Summary
The district reported 646 students enrolled and kindergarten enrollment of 43, listed open teaching and support posts, announced awarded grants to install electric-vehicle charging stations at both schools, and said the summer feeding program has served more than 1,500 meals.
The Lee School Committee heard an update from the superintendent on July 14 about enrollment, staffing and grants for school facilities.
The superintendent said the district’s total enrollment is 646 students, including 43 kindergartners, and described current staffing vacancies across the district, including a pre-kindergarten teacher, a paraprofessional, a grade 4–5 teacher, a secretary and kitchen helper for the middle/high school and potential openings in physical education and kindergarten at Lee Elementary School. “We’re at 646, students enrolled in the district,” the superintendent said.
The superintendent also announced the district was awarded grants to install electric-vehicle charging stations at each school; he said staff plan to coordinate installation with a future asphalt project to avoid digging multiple times. He deferred technical timing questions to district facilities staff; Jeff Crozier said the grant timeline is about a year and a half and that crews will scout the site Thursday to develop a materials list. The meeting materials shown on-screen included grant figures, but the audio transcript’s numeric rendering of those amounts was unclear.
On food services, the superintendent said the district’s summer feeding operation has served more than 1,500 meals to local youth at Lee Elementary School and noted meals are offered at no charge for anyone who wants them; breakfast and lunch must be consumed on-site.
Why it matters: Enrollment, hiring and facility grants affect classrooms and operations for the coming school year. Committee members asked for alignment of the EV charging work with planned paving so installation can be coordinated.
The superintendent said hiring efforts are underway and that the district hopes to fill positions in the weeks ahead. The committee did not take formal votes related to staffing or the EV grants during the meeting; questions about contractor schedules and final grant paperwork remain to be resolved.
