call the meeting to order. Uh all rise for the pledge of >> allegiance please >> to the flag of the United States of America to the republic for its one indivisible with liberty and justice for
all. >> Roll call. >> Mr. Oh, no. No. I got >> Mr. Sheen. >> Yep. >> Mr. Gian. >> Yeah. >> Mr. Lain. >> Mr. Bah >> here. >> Mr. Richardson. >> Mr. NCO >> here.
>> Mr. Mar? >> Yeah. Mr. Narco. Has anyone signed up for public appearance? >> No, they have not. >> School committee communications. >> Report of the student rep. >> Thank you, sir. February is an extremely
busy month for Skills USA. They hosted their in-house awards ceremony on Wednesday, February 11th, 2026 with over 200 schoolwide technical assessment championships champions and district qualifiers being recognized for their technical skill, enthusiasm, and
aptitude. This week is also the most delicious week of the year with the annual Skills USA doublegood popcorn fundraiser. 50% of all sales benefit greater LOL chapter activities including community service and another percentage benefits the good the double good
foundation for kids with disabilities. Staff and school committee members can take advantage of our express ordering feature and pay no shipping charges. In addition, members also attended the Skills USA Massachusetts senior adventures in leadership conference held
on Thursday, February 5th, 2026 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro. This conference focuses on preparation for life after high school through networking, financial management, resume enrichment, and more. We are so proud to announce that all Greater LOL attendees
earned their sale credential, demonstrating a mastery of the material presented. Student council is holding a Valentine's Day squishy gram fundraiser. Students will be able to purchase a squishy heart and select a sticker and gift bag to be delivered to someone special on Friday.
They're also working on a what I love about greater LOL video and a spring themed spirit week. The freshman and sophomore class planning committees have some exciting events coming up. They're planning out a Valentine's Day after school event for 9th and 10th grade students to show some love and
appreciation for mentors, teachers, or relatives by creating cards and crafts. They've also been working on setting goals with vision boards and are planning a field trip to Roller Kingdom in the Mar in March. Anime Club has had a creative few weeks
starting with art week where students enjoyed anime drawing challenges and a relaxed screening. The club then explored sports anime discussing favorites and watching episodes of haiku and blue lock to compare teamwork and competitive storytelling. Most recently,
students shifted to Japanese horror anime, voting to watch episode one of Jutsu Kaisen and discussing how atmosphere and emotion shape anime storytelling. Many of our clubs and organizations are looking forward to several upcoming field trips. The junior planning
committee will be headed for an afternoon of fun in Malber on February 24th, 2026. They will visit Apex Entertainment for laser tag and breakout games for an escape room experience. The outing club just completed a trip to Nishoba Valley
snow tubing park and is now preparing for an afternoon of art at Magic Brush Pottery. MA United Nations is preparing for the District Attorney's Empowering Citizens Conference being held in March followed by the UMass LOL M United Nations competition in April. And
finally, the dance club will be attending a performance of River Dance at LOL Memorial Auditorium on March 4th. They are incredibly excited to experience a professional performance and hope to be inspired as they prepare for their performance for the spring spectacular being held at the end of
March. Swim and Dive has had one of their strongest seasons in recent memory, capped off by their recent victory in the MVA state championship meet on March 30 on January 31st. Multiple swimmers have also qualified for the MIAA
sectional and state meets later this month. Wrestling recently hosted the MVA Championship meet on January 31st, placing fourth overall out of a field of 18 teams. The team will finish up their regular season with home meets on
February 7th and February 11th before preparing for the MIAA tournament meets starting on February 14th. Indoor track captured another CAC League championship this winter as well as went undefeated for a second straight season.
Many runners have also qualified for the MIAA state championship meet as well as nationals. Ice hockey is making a push for MIAA tournament qualification this winter as they head into the final weeks of the regular season. Both girls and boys
basketball have very young teams that have been playing hard and look to show improvement and build momentum as they head into the stretch runs of their respective seasons. The competitive dance team as well as the cheer squad will start to turn their attention to the winter competition season that
begins later this month. Cheer will also be hosting the CAC League Championship here at Greater LOL on February 21st. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> You are very well done. >> Motion to approve the minutes from January 15th.
>> So moved. Second, >> Mr. Hog. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sheen. >> Yes. >> Mr. G. >> Yes. >> Mr. B. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. Uh report of the treasure a motion to
wave the reading. >> Second. >> Mr. Hogan. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Michael. >> Yes. >> Yes. Motion to approve the expenditures of
4,731,96361. So moved. >> Second. Mr. Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. G. >> Yes. Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Reporter General Counsel.
>> Turn the meeting over to the superintendent director. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So, the first item on my agenda is I am happy and very proud to welcome the members of our girls swim team and their coaches this evening. So, I'm going to if she can
move that chair. And I'm going to ask first coaches to please stand up. We have head coach Kate Garcia, assistant coaches Malin Maron, Mr. Peter Fortunado, and Mr. Ryan use. So, this
team has had an incredible season and has captured the title of state vocational champs, including breaking many meet and state vocational records. So, first of all, I'd like to welcome and thank our coaches for a wonderful
season and and a wonderful uh coaching job that they've been doing. And next, I would like to invite our athletes to come up and individually introduce themselves and share some of those accomplishments and maybe some of those recordbreaking
accomplishments that you achieved this season. So, if you forget something, I have a little reminder here, but Don't be shy to share your achievements. You should be proud. You should be proud of those achievements. So, first first is
Avery Nu. Avery, you were last to come in and first to first to go come on up to the microphone. Avery, welcome and congratulations on having such a wonderful season. So, I I guess I'd like for you to share what you feel most
proud of this season and some of your accomplishments on the swim team. >> Um, I'm really proud of how we've done as a team winning CAC's or state oak for girls and I'm really proud of how the relays did making
sectionals this year. So, I I think Avery is being shy about herself, but I appreciate uh her being so proud of her teammates. It shows that she is a team player. But I'd also like to share that Avery uh
let's see how I say this. The 200 individual medley she won at was that at states or was that at >> um CAC's? >> CAC's the 500 style and the 400
freestyle relay. >> So, she has had an incredible season. All three of those uh competitions you should be very proud of. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> So, our next student athlete is Maden
Nuen. Um I'm I won the 100 backstroke at State Voke and I won the 200 IM at State Vogue as well. >> Um our relays, we got first in both relays I believe at State Vogue and our
sectionals relays also did really good and I got eighth place at sectionals in the one back. >> So could you let them What is sectionals? Who's involved in sectionals? >> So sectionals is North Girls. So, North girls from Massachusetts and we all went
to I believe it was last Friday. We all went to the meet >> and you will be going to >> uh states on Saturday. >> Congratulations and good luck. What will you be competing in at all states? >> Um relays. I'm not so sure yet, but I
will be in one relay and then the 2 IM and the one back. >> Well, good luck. We'll be cheering you on in spirit. Thank you for joining us today. >> Next is Aaron. >> Hi, my name is Erin. Um, I'm proud of
our whole team as a whole. They've all improved so much. I'm proud of our relays for getting to sectionals and states. Um, I usually did the IM and fly. I
placed well in those. And I got a state time in our 400 free leg. >> Do you want to share that time? >> Um, 58 seconds, I think. >> Oh, incredible. >> Thank you.
>> Well, congratulations on all your achievements. Thank you for sharing. >> That's awesome. You might have to check. >> Um, my name is Maline and I'm proud of everybody on the team because we've all done a awesome job at all meets. Um, I'm
especially proud of our 400 free relay because that was kind of like our main goal because we were like our time was like really close to making the state champions and I'm just like proud of everybody. Um, my like main events were like the
500 free and the 100 back and yeah, I'm just proud of everybody. >> Well, congratulations. I I like the team spirit amongst all of you that you're proud of each other and you work together as a team and I think that's what athletics is all about, right? It
takes a team. So, thank you for sharing. >> Anna Julia Seel. Um, hi. I'm Anna Julia, mostly known as AJ in my swim team. I'm very proud of everyone in the team. Everyone did a really, really good job. And I'm really
proud of myself during um state v. I got third place during the 200 free. And I mostly swim also 100 brushstroke. And then I'm also I went with the girls for sectionals and I'm going for them with
states on Saturday too. So yeah. So congratulations. We'll be cheering you on as well today. >> Thank you for sharing. >> Thank you. >> Anna Bor. >> Hi, I'm Anna. I'm I'd just like to say
I'm very proud of my team, especially after the year we had last year. I think we've been we've improved very much. And as a swimmer, my personal races were probably the 500 freestyle and the 200
freestyle, which I saw a lot of improvement in this year. And I'm going to sectionals and states with my team. >> Congratulations to you. >> And once again, thank you to our awesome coaches. And I have to Two of our
coaches are uh former students, former graduates, Meen and uh Ryan. They both graduated from Great Technical High School. So, we appreciate them coming back and giving back to the school
community. And and uh Miss Garcia, who is a teacher here, we appreciate you too. Uh is this your second year coaching the team? So, uh, congratulations to you all and thank you for your commitment, uh, to our student athletes and to our school athletic
program. So, thank you and once again, congratulations. Let's give a big hand. You all should be proud of yourselves and proud of your accomplishments and proud of how you all work together as a team to achieve such great things.
>> Whenever I see >> she was one of >> she was on the board of selectment in Dra. Great job, ladies. Great job. Good job. I >> used to go to the finances and you know, Draco would say, "We're stealing money."
And she'd say, "I'll take care of them." >> I'd say, "How are we stealing money?" They're our kids. You know, >> Mr. That is not good for >> you got him now. >> They're all underass.
>> Yes. Yes. >> Congratulations everyone. >> Yeah, it's awesome. >> Good luck. >> Thank you ladies. Okay. So, the next item on my agenda is I would like to inform the committee that Greater LOL Technical High School
and the University of Massachusetts LOL, otherwise known as UMass LOL, has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for Early College Planning.
And uh we hope uh that we could continue our early college program. And we are in the process of trying to obtain an early college designation for our school which we so greatly deserve. So I will keep you updated on
that. But we do have a $25,000 planning grant in partnership with Mass. >> Awesome. Awesome. Great. The next item on my agenda is I'd like to inform the committee that we received a $5,000 grant from the Propane
Education and Research Council, otherwise known as PERK, to upgrade and expand HVAC shop in teaching propane curriculum with enhanced real world experiences for our HVAC
students. The next item on my agenda is to provide you with an In regards to cooperative education, within your package, you have our current cooperative education report, which indicates 240 senior students uh are currently out
on co-op, which is 45% of the class of 2026 participating in cooperative education as a result of our January cooperative education report. And I think uh next month you will be uh getting an update
in regards to juniors because we are in the process of putting out our junior students currently on co-op. And the next item on my agenda, I'd like to invite our director of school counseling, Mrs. Tracy,
up to review some updates to our medication administration policy. Hello. >> Trace. >> So, we just have a few um pretty simple updates to the policy per the state has
asked that we um make a few changes to our policy. Um the first is that a school nurse will be on duty. You'll see the changes I think in red. >> Red. >> Yep. So the school nurse will be on duty and available either physically or via
via phone virtually or web um whenever medication is administered by a trained unlicensed school personnel. So that's people who usually when you we take students on field trips if students need to have medication um if they're instate
um students don't necessarily have to self-administer because we have the teacher trained in what the medication is and how to administer it and then they um can assist the student. However, if they go out of state for any activities, the nurses and teachers are
not allowed to carry the medication or administer the medication. And that was a change we had made um previously. Um so the update is just that these the nurses will be available for a call if if someone who's taking students on a field trip has any kind of question. Um
and that if those um that on call supervision goes beyond um the normal day or school hours that the nurse would be then compensated for their time should they be needed. Um, and another compon and that so that's another change that you'll see in red that they would
be compensated. And then the last change is that we just updated the self-administer form because we wanted to make sure that everybody understood the implications of self-administer self-care um and that the parents were informed, the
teacher understood and that the student understood the expectations. >> So soul carrying would most likely occur for an out of state field. out of state. Yes. >> Yeah. >> Yep. >> And our nurses have always been on call during the school day. If someone takes
our students um on any kind of field trip, they are available for consultation. Everybody has access to them via phone or quick email if it was something that was non-essential. But that's something that's been consistent.
>> Well, uh Mr. Chairman, I'd just like to I know that our staff is always looking at, you know, bettering themselves and making sure that they have all the all the eyes dotted and the tees crossed. So, um I'm sure that we could go ahead and approve this uh medication uh policy. So, I'd like to put in a motion
to approve it. >> Second, >> Mr. Hogan. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sheen, >> yes. >> Mr. G, >> yes. >> Mr. B. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. Mr. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Have a great night. Happy day
everyone. >> You too. You too. >> Happy Valentine's. I like it. >> So the final item on my agenda, I'd like to invite our assistant superintendent principal, Mr. Michael Barton, to provide information regarding three outofstate travel requests.
>> Hi. Um, good evening. So, uh, the first out ofstate travel request pertains to the recent propane education research council grant that was recently received. It's for HVAC instructor Richard Zaker to attend um propane
training in Granville, Pennsylvania from March 18th to 2026 to March 20th. Um this training includes the cost of this training includes curriculum, education resources, funds for the instructor to attend the training, transportation, hotels, and the cost of uh travel to the
facility each day. So that includes travel costs $557.20 20 meal allowance for 3 days $24. The total cost is $761.20. So I'm looking for an approval for Mr. Zaker to attend the propane training.
>> Motion motion >> Mr. Hogan. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Warren. >> Yes. >> Thank you very much. So, the second one is for a group of student athletes,
wrestlers to travel to Providence, Rhode Island in anticipation of being um privileged and successful enough to attend the 2026 New England Interscolastic Wrestling Championship between March 8th and 9th. Um the total
cost for six attendees uh is $1,376 and that includes hotel, meal, and transportation entry fees. Um, Coach Kazowski is here. I wanted to give him the opportunity to come up and just express his enthusiasm for our future
success of our wrestlers. >> So, uh, the last few years we've been building on our program and trying to, uh, keep the kids interested in and highly competitive at what we're doing. So, we we're coming up with some uh more kids that might qualify for the New
England Wrestling Tournament because they've been working hard during uh the season and also off season with uh working out here with us in the summertime and also going down to the uh local uh wrestling club they have in LOL at uh Doughboy. So, the kids have been
putting a lot of time into their skills because now everybody's a professional at what they do uh in a sport. They they they specifically go to one sport and and they uh gain high level skills and we have a few of those kids on our team
uh this year and hopefully we're looking at at least maybe try to at least get four kids into the New England this year. You know, >> we want to compete and beat at a high level. So we're guesstimating right now at the possibility of four to five
students or >> well four four is a lot you know >> four students and we appreciate >> it was an exciting season last year so it might even be more of an exciting season this year >> and we had a finalist last year so >> your hard work as a coach. Thank you.
>> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you coach. Yes. It's great to see more kids get involved and really focus on their strongest talents and that's essentially what they're doing by, you know, uh, being a part of the wrestling program and wanting to be a part of this, you know, growth and being on the
New England team. So, I wholeheartedly um um um um put in a motion to go ahead and approve this travel and I wish you and the students the best of luck in this uh event. >> Thank you. >> I'll second. And uh I just want to mention too uh uh coach Cassidy 30 years
uh this year coaching here at the school and 30 years uh it's easy to say 30 years but 30 years not being an employee of the school coming in from the outside to coach is something phenomenal as far as I'm concerned being out of school for 40 years 50 years coaching there when
you teach there it's a different story when you come out from the outside from the uh industry to come in and uh coach I I think that's a good thing that he's done for 30 years for a great little tech. >> Welldeserved recognition.
>> Appreciate him and I think he was honored at the last >> uh we had yeah one of our meets we >> so I just wanted to mention that. >> So that's coach that is coach
>> he's right now at the uh division one uh north uh wrestling seating meeting. >> Where's that this weekend? are going to be in Mthan High School. >> Mthun. >> Good luck. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you very much.
>> Mr. Hogan. >> Yes. >> Mr. Shin. >> Yes. >> Mr. G. >> Yes. >> Mr. B. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. So, the last opportunity is an athletic opportunity for the indoor track team to attend the Nike track and
field championships nationals at the Armory in New York City from March 11th to the 15th. Uh again, the possible number of attendees are total of 13. That would be nine team members and four coaches. So, the total cost is $17,460
and that includes hotel, transportation, the registration fees, and um fee per athlete. So, I'm looking for an approval for that event. >> So, moved. >> We're going to the big apple. >> Second,
>> following the success locally and bringing it to the national stage. >> It's amazing. As long as we get the application in on time. Darn right. >> Mr. Hogan. >> Yes. >> Yes. Mr. >> Yes. >> Yes.
>> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you, sir. >> Thank you, Mr. B. >> And that is the conclusion of my being through the February break. I just want
to again thank our staff and uh wish our staff and students a relaxing and safe February break with that. Thank you for your time. >> Thanks Joe.
>> Thank you. Report of the business manager. Nope. Old business. New business. Committee person motions. Any committee men motions?
Report of subcommittees. Notice of the superintendent director retirement and discussion of appointment of the next superintendent director. And >> I think um Mr. Chairman, I'd like to back up just for one second.
>> Sure. Um uh the report of the subcommittee uh we did have a subcommittee earlier. >> That's right. Sorry I was okay. Yep. Earlier today, >> Mr. Bahu spacing out. >> We discussed um a proposed budget of 61,126,000 $858
uh dollars. And we would uh like to propose that we bring it up at the next school committee meeting so that we could go ahead and hear the um uh the proposal and um um see if anyone would like to come and speak. >> Do we have to have a meeting before the
meeting or is it just our approval? >> It will be at the school >> just the just the school committee approval. No, >> we need we need to have a public hearing prior to at the school committee meeting. >> The school committee meeting. >> Will we have the budget books at that time?
Yes, you will. >> Okay. If I could have a second on that second, >> Mr. Hogan. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sheen. >> Yes. >> Mr. Gian. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Marco. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes.
>> So, we're going to discuss this and open right now. >> No, we're Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a motion to go into executive session um pursuant to uh Mass General Laws 3A
section 21 A2 uh to conduct strategy session in preparation for negotiations with non-UN personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with non-UN personnel superintendent director and I don't believe any votes will be taken so we could adjourn this meeting and go
into executive session. >> So we're going to adjourn now. >> I'll make the second. We don't have back in. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you, sir. >> So, to go into executive session, Mr. Hogan. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sheen. >> Yes. >> Mr. Gia. >> Yes. >> Mr. B.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Narco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Min. >> Yes. >> Motion to >> take a five minute break. Motion to >> Okay. Motion to adjurnn. >> Second. >> Yes.
>> Motion to adjurnn. Yes, >> Mr. G. >> Yes, >> Mr. B. >> Yes, >> Mr. >> Yes, >> okay. Yeah, >> we did that in 31 minutes. >> Thank you. >> Great job, Mr. Mo. >> Thank you.
>> So much better than >> Matthew over there. He gets right through these meetings.