LOWELL Student enrollment is growing in the Lowell Public School district, but like many school systems in the commonwealth and across the country, the number of teachers is not keeping pace with the demand. LPS is actively recruiting to build out its educational readiness.
LOWELL Liam Skinner attended his first meeting as the newly appointed interim superintendent of schools during a special session of the School Committee Wednesday night during which the body approved eight modular classrooms for the overcrowded STEM Academy.
LOWELL Pay and parity and intrigue led off Wednesday night’s School Committee meeting. In the end, a savvy negotiating tactic made by United Teachers of Lowell President Paul Georges won a contract for his members that pays all full-time union employees a one-time raise of $2,500 as well as a mid-year 2% increase.