Although it doesn't directly effect Lowell, everyone should watch the results of tomorrow's election in Chelmsford. Town residents will vote to approve or reject $31 million dollars for school repairs and expansions. This is a greatly scaled down version of a plan that's already lost twice before at the ballot box. The outcome will be instructive for the parents of Lowell's school children. Although the coming year's budget for the city's schools will not be finalized until early June, it will undoubtedly be as much of a struggle for adequate funding as was last year's budget battle. If the proposal to improve Chelmsford's schools is defeated given the strong, pro-education forces in that town, what hope is there that the voters of Lowell would be any more supportive of their city's schools?