LOWELL The state’s Emergency Housing Assistance Program biweekly report of Feb. 12 shows that of the 7,506 families in the shelter system, a little more than half are families with children who entered the country as migrant, refugees or asylum seekers. Homeless families with children from the commonwealth comprise the approximately 3,700 remaining families.
LOWELL No less than three municipal bodies, one state agency, parents and staff and one labor union have all had a say in the ongoing mold issues at the Pawtucketville Memorial Elementary School.
LOWELL Superintendent Liam Skinner told the School Committee last Wednesday that Lowell Public Schools is in discussions with the Archdiocese of Boston to purchase Ste Jeanne d'Arc School for approximately $2.4 million.
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.