Lynn committee renews three school policies 7-0
Lynn School Committee renews three policies, names new school physician. Superintendent Molly Cohen presented her formal entry plan, describing this year as a shift from "stability" to instructional "coherence" for the district's roughly 16,000 students.
School Committee · Meeting of September 24, 2026
Lynn School Committee renews three policies, names new school physician. Superintendent Molly Cohen presented her formal entry plan, describing this year as a shift from "stability" to instructional "coherence" for the district's roughly 16,000 students. The committee voted 7-0 three times to readopt the LVTI admissions, medication-administration and food-allergy policies, then unanimously named Dr.
Clark Vandenberg school physician. Cohen previewed 2026 MCAS results, saying Lynn Classical exited state turnaround status and eight of 24 schools improved their accountability percentile, with full results due October 8. Raw Artworks also updated the committee on its "Murals of Belonging" project, co-created by 17 newcomer students and funded by $30,000 from the New England Foundation for the Arts and $10,000 from MassDevelopment and the Barr Foundation, with an unveiling targeted for November 4.
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Source: the School Committee meeting of September 24, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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