The Mary Bacigalupo Educational Endowment

The CPC is working on a project with the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Middlesex Community College, the Lowell School Department and others in the community called The Mary Bacigalupo Educational Endowment. Mary Bacigalupo was involved in many projects in the city and helped found the CPC many years ago. She died in 2001 and this project is in her honor.

In conjunction with a fundraising effort, The Mary Bacigalupo Educational Endowment will appoint a "Bacigalupo Fellow" who will coordinate a community project around an issue in education. The annual project will strengthen community interest, involvement and support for public education and will result in an action strategy. The CPC has agreed to help by getting input about issues regarding education and has framed the following question:

"What are the critical issues in sustaining the highest possible quality of public education for all children in Lowell?"

It is hoped that requests for proposals will be ready in January, thus we need to define the issues now! We hope that everyone (teachers, parents, students, community members, school department employees) will act in the spirit of Mary Bacigalupo by joining in this community discussion of education.

To respond, email lowellcpc@comcast.net or send your written response to the Citywide Parent Council, 155 Merrimack St., Lowell, MA 01852, or add a comment on the blog.