School Committee Meets Tomorrow

The Lowell School Committee will meet on Wednesday, September 15 at 7 P.M. The meeting is televised on Lowell's government access cable channel 10. One topic to be discussed is the proposed merger and movement of the Demonstration School and the City Magnet School. The Demonstration School is a relatively small pre-K to grade 4 school that's located on the former UMass Lowell West Campus. It's the "former" campus, because UML has moved out completely. The City Magnet School has grades K-8 and is located in the McDonough Building adjacent to Lowell High. Last year Lowell High took over half of the McDonough Building and this plan would give the rest of the building to the high school which desperately needs the space. The City Magnet and the Demonstration would combine to form a single K-8 school that would occupy the present Bartlett Junior High. The Bartlett, in turn, would move into the newly constructed Stoklosa School. It's very complicated, but it seems like a good approach to addressing space needs and making maximum use of the available buildings.