School Committee approves $1.9M budget modification
Lowell School Committee approves $1.9M budget modification and authorizes student international travel. The Committee voted 6 to 0, with one member absent, on a budget modification of $1,928,338.99. Four overnight or international student trips were approved, including excursions by the Lowell High
School Committee · Meeting of June 17, 2026
Lowell School Committee approves $1.9M budget modification and authorizes student international travel. The Committee voted 6 to 0, with one member absent, on a budget modification of $1,928,338.99. Four overnight or international student trips were approved, including excursions by the Lowell High School cross country team to Yonkers, New York; the Business Professionals Conference of America delegation to Denver, Colorado; the Compass Poetry Team to San Francisco, California; and students and chaperones traveling to Italy and Greece.
The Committee also reviewed trends in autism spectrum disorder identification, which has increased substantially over the past 30 years, while approving a summer meal program expansion to 56 feeding sites.
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Source: the School Committee meeting of June 17, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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