Massachusetts / School Boards / Lowell Public Schools
Committee members sought clarification about an amended transportation contract to provide round-trip service for homeless students, raising a roughly $220,000 discrepancy between costs for students attending Lowell schools and students transported to other districts.
Massachusetts / School Boards / Lowell Public Schools
The committee received a strategic-plan update, heard reports on breakfast and attendance, approved motions to accept FY26 awards and a $480,000 budget modification, directed a Friday-attendance report, and voted to cancel the Feb. 18 meeting.
Massachusetts / School Boards / Lowell Public Schools
Following a City Council action to advance a Home Rule petition on facilities management, the School Committee voted to convene a joint facilities subcommittee with the City Council; members emphasized the need for transparency, union involvement and clear organizational charts before any consolidation.
Massachusetts / School Boards / Lowell Public Schools
At a special meeting called to order at 4:00, the Lowell School Committee voted 5–0, with two members absent, to approve a summary of proposed changes to the district's K–12 school assignment policy. A committee member said consultations eased earlier reservations.
Massachusetts / School Boards / Lowell Public Schools
After multiple resident statements about diesel storage, air and noise impacts, the council voted to refer Councilor Scott’s temporary moratorium on permitting new or expanded data centers to the law department and DPD for zoning review and drafting.
Massachusetts / School Boards / Lowell Public Schools
DPD staff warned the council and nonprofit subcommittee that new federal guidance will require grantees to certify compliance on items including DEI language, gender references, climate and immigration verification; local pantries and nonprofits said the changes risk cutting smaller providers out of CDBG grant eligibility.
Massachusetts / School Boards / Lowell Public Schools
McAvenue staff detailed a tiered, data-driven social-emotional learning (SEL) program; the school committee also discussed changing K–12 assignment from three lotteries to one and scheduled a 30-minute special meeting to resolve remaining questions before adoption.
Massachusetts / School Boards / Lowell Public Schools
Lowell officials and community partners celebrated the city’s designation in UNESCO’s Global Network of Learning Cities and asked the city manager to form a task force including schools and higher-education partners to coordinate learning initiatives and community engagement.
Massachusetts / School Boards / Lowell Public Schools
The committee approved minutes, reinstated a safety subcommittee, requested a report on Bartlett School lifts, accepted the district assessment report, approved a $155,000 budget modification and additional security officers at Lowell High, and approved travel and grant acceptances.
Massachusetts / School Boards / Lowell Public Schools
Teachers and parents urged the Lowell School Committee to address years of inaction on wheelchair lifts and an elevator at the Bartlett School, citing repeated outages, safety risks and alleged ADA violations; the committee voted to request a written report on causes and proposed fixes.