Televised school committee meeting tonight
The Lowell School Committee meeting tonight begins at 7 pm from City Hall and can be watched live on LTC channel 10 if you can’t make it downtown. (You can also get information on replays or on-demand streaming video at LTC’s website.) There are only two motions on for tonight’s meeting and since one is a request for a letter of thanks to DPW, I’m only going to include the other, which is from Mayor Caulfield and reads: “Request a legal opinion from the City Solicitor on the recent RFP approved by the Finance Subcommittee regarding Food Service in Lowell Public Schools.” If you’ve read the local paper in the last few weeks, you know there’s been some backlash regarding getting this information, and that providing student lunches currently costs about $775,000. Expect to hear from folks on this issue during the public participation portion of the meeting. There will also be a number of reports from subcommittees including Finance, Personnel and Special Education as well as reports from the Superintendent regarding the city’s net school spending compliance, the budget calendar, Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education School reviews, and other initiatives. Lots of change in the air as the school committee and administration attempt to develop a budget that allows continued progress in the quality of education provided to our children within tight revenue guidelines. Also, check out LiL for their take on tonight’s meeting.