Lowell Special Ed Subcommittee Gets Update on John Daly Building Consolidation Plans
Lowell's Special Education Subcommittee heard that the district's autism day school program is at or near full capacity across two sites, with roughly 84 students enrolled.
LOWELL -- April 29, 2025, Lowell's Special Education Subcommittee heard that the district's autism day school program is at or near full capacity across two sites, with roughly 84 students enrolled. Administrators told the three-member subcommittee that the John Daly building, which has approximately 21 classrooms and a license for students ages preK through 22, is the intended consolidation site, but that elevator installation and other accessibility work must be completed first; a joint facilities subcommittee meeting on June 17 is expected to produce a construction timeline. Caseloads were described as high across the department, with evaluation team chairpersons collectively carrying rosters of more than 350 students and a speech-language pathologist position added in September still unfilled. Administrators said Mass General Hospital psychiatrists Dr. David Rubin and Dr. Mona Potter are contracted to provide autism-focused training for CSA paraprofessionals and special education teachers, starting with the preK through grade one group.
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