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LOWELL — In a metric that should cheer both staff and students alike, only 40 more days of school are left in the 2023-2024 academic year. There are two exceptions to the summer release date of June 18.
LOWELL — Taking a page out of the City Council’s agenda playbook, the new School Committee filed a record 14 motions during its Wednesday night meeting. But first, it voted to approve Superintendent of Schools Liam Skinner’s three-year, $230,000 yearly contract that runs through June 2027.
LOWELL — The outside investigation into allegations of unlawful employment or hiring practices in the Lowell Public Schools ended with an expensive whimper when the report repeatedly did not find by a preponderance of the evidence that there were policy violations.
LOWELL — A 4-3 vote of the School Committee Wednesday night removed the interim from Liam Skinner’s job title to name him the district’s next superintendent of schools.
LOWELL — Ever since he posted the “Coalition Against Tyranny” petition Jan. 11, almost 1,300 people have signed Kendrick Del Orbe’s Change.org petition urging Lowell Public Schools to reconsider its cellphone lockbox policy, which is scheduled to be implemented Jan. 24.