Lynn School Business to be Discussed at this Week's City Council Meeting: 10/23/12

At the Lynn City Council meeting to be held Tuesday, October 23, 2012, Lynn Superintendent Catherine Latham will give a presentation regarding potential funding for the new Marshall Middle School.

http://www.ci.lynn.ma.us/cityhall_documents/city_council_2012/2012_10_19_11_19_37.pdf

The City Council Meeting will begin at 8:00pm in the Council Chambers at Lynn City Hall.

Lynn Hires Two Principals at the Middle School Level

http://www.lynnschools.org/district_news_events.shtml

Lynn Superintendent Catherine Latham announced the hiring of two new principals at the Breed and Pickering Middle Schools today.

• Julie Louf has been assigned to Breed Middle School. B.A. in Psychology from Assumption College, Master's in Special Education from Salem State, CAGS in Educational Leadership from Salem State. Employed by LPS for 11 years as a special education teacher, guidance counselor, and vice principal at Breed for 4 years. Has directed the School Improvement Planning Team and is a member of the Parent School Council and the Breed Middle School Crisis Team. Goals for Breed include improved teaching through the development of professional learning communities, a renewed focus on program evaluation, further use of student data to improve instruction, and continued attention to school climate and community building.
• Kevin Rittershaus has been assigned to Pickering Middle School. B.A. in English from Salem State, M.Ed in School Administration from Salem State. Employed by LPS for 14 years as an elementary music teacher, middle school English teacher, curriculum and instruction lead teacher and as vice principal of Pickering for 5 years. Goals for Pickering include increased focus on classroom instruction and the Common Core.

Lynn School Department FY13 Proposed Budget

See the link below for the fiscal year 2013 proposed school department budget.

http://www.lynnschools.org/documents/superintendent/LPS_FY13%20Budget_Version%200_5-4-12.pdf

Public Hearing Re: Lynn Superintendent's Position Set for April 26th at 6pm

At the April 12th Lynn School Committee meeting, a decision was made to hold the public hearing regarding the vote not to post the superintendent's position on April 26, 2012 at 6:00 PM. The public hearing will take place at 90 Commercial Street in the Tiger's Den (the Lynn Vocational Technical Institute Annex).

See the article in today's Daily Item regarding the public hearing: http://itemlive.com/articles/2012/04/13/news/news01.txt