Lowell Public School Committee
Regular Meeting Agenda
Date: | May 3, 2023 |
Time: | 6:30PM |
Location: | City Council Chamber, 375 Merrimack Street, 2nd Floor, Lowell, MA 01852 |
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1.
2.
ROLL CALL
3.
SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
3.1.
Spotlight on Excellence – Science and Engineering Fair Winners
4.
MINUTES
4.1.
Approval Of The Minutes Of The Special Meeting Of The Lowell School Committee Meeting Of Wednesday, April 12, 2023
4.2.
Approval Of The Minutes Of The Special Meeting Of The Lowell School Committee Meeting Of Wednesday, April 19, 2023
4.3.
Approval Of The Minutes Of The Regularly Scheduled Lowell School Committee Meeting Of Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Documents:
5.
PERMISSION TO ENTER
5.1.
6.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
6.1.
Discussion And Deliberation Of Options And Timeline For The Hiring An Interim Superintendent, review of Job Description and Consideration of guidance from MASC
Documents:
6.2.
Update from Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten, LLP Regarding Independent Investigation
7.
MOTIONS
7.1.
[by Susie Chhoun]:
Request the Superintendent to take a look at the freshman academy and determine what need to be fix in order to prevent further leaks onto the hallway floor.
7.2.
[by Eileen DelRossi and Jacqueline Doherty]:
Request the Superintendent to collaborate with the curriculum department to strategically implement a strong continuous research based reading, writing, and math intervention program that involves progress monitoring for the classes of 2031 (current 4th graders) and 2032 (current 3rd graders) that will follow all of these students until they graduate high school.
7.3.
[by Eileen DelRossi]:
Request the Superintendent to work with the facilities department to assure all middle school bathrooms stall doors are secured, installed, and any type of negative graffiti is removed so that all students feel secure going to the bathroom.
7.4.
[by Eileen DelRossi]:
Request the Superintendent to collaborate with the Curriculum Department and Special Education Department to do an inventory of and report on all reading, writing and math programs that the district still has within the 28 schools within the district.
7.5.
[by Eileen DelRossi]:
Request the Superintendent to report on the special education reading, writing, and math curriculum used in the elementary, middle school, and highschool level and the equity of the staff having access to these curriculums throughout the district.
7.6.
[by Jackie Doherty]:
Request the Superintendent provide the committee with a report on the three windowless rooms in the 1980 LHS building with air-quality issues. The report should include testing dates, times, and results over the current school year, as well as what is being done to mitigate the “continued high-level readings” as reported at the Lowell Board of Health’s April meeting.
7.7.
[by Jackie Doherty]:
Request the Superintendent provide the committee with an update on current usage of the TV studio at LHS with a plan to increase it, as well as a plan to return to using the broadcast-equipped room at Central Office to hold school board subcommittee meetings as soon as possible.
8.
SUBCOMMITTEES
8.1.
Finance Subcommittee:
Report and approval of the Meeting of Thursday, April 20, 2023 [Dominik Lay, Chairperson]
Documents:
9.
REPORTS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
9.1.
FY24 Recommended Budget
9.2.
Update regarding Response to Motion: Ninth Graders Failing One or More Class
9.3.
10.
NEW BUSINESS
10.1.
Approval to Accept and Expend Allocated FY23 Awards
11.
CONVENTION/CONFERENCE REQUESTS
11.1.
Out Of Country and Overnight Travel Request: For Lowell High School Students and Chaperones to travel to Japan
Documents:
11.2.
Out of State & Overnight Travel Request: For Carolyn Rocheleau to travel to New Orleans, LA
11.3.
Out of State & Overnight Travel Request: Lowell High School Portrait of Graduate to travel to Portland, Maine
Documents:
12.
PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL
12.1.
The Members of the United Teachers of Lowell Hereby Donate five [5] Sick Leave Days to Mark Pratt, Butler School Building Service Employee
12.2.
The Members Of The United Teachers Of Lowell Hereby Donate forty [40] Sick Leave Days To Kristen Colon, Lowell High School Teacher
13.