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You can now access Superintendent Baehr’s recommended FY09  budget for the Lowell Public Schools online. Also online is the re-examination report of the district conducted in 2007 by the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability (EQA). This most recent report by the state agency praises Lowell schools for significant improvements while also indicating areas of continued concern. As mentioned in this earlier post, the school committee will hold a series of public meetings to review the superintendent’s budget recommendations, beginning tonight with a finance subcommittee meeting at Central Office. The recommended budget calls for staffing cuts and program adjustments to stay within limited revenue (less than one percent increase from last year) while also attempting to enable the district to continue to improve student learning and address concerns identified in the recent EQA audit.

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