Meet the School Building Committee
Meetings of the School Building Committee generally take place in the Mayor's Reception Room at City Hall, and remotely on Zoom, on the last Thursday of every-other month starting at 6:00 PM. They are public meetings and are televised on LTC Channel 99.
The following is a membership list of the School Building Committee for the Lowell High School project. The list was last updated in December 2024.
Please visit the City of Lowell's Agenda Center for current listings of agendas and minutes for meetings of the School Building Committee
| Designation | Name & Title |
| Local Chief Executive Officer & Representative of Office authorized by law to construct school buildings | Thomas A. Golden, Jr., Lowell City Manager [CHAIR] |
| Local budget official or member of local finance Committee | Conor Baldwin, Assistant City Manager/ CFO (City of Lowell) |
| SBC member who is MCPPO certified | Michael Vaughn, MCPPO, Chief Procurement Officer (City of Lowell) |
| School Committee Member | Fred Bahou, Lowell School Committee Member |
| Superintendent of Schools | William Skinner, Superintendent of Schools (LPS) |
| Local Official Responsible for building maintenance | Richard Underwood, Director of Maintenance and Facilities (LPS) |
| School Principal | Michael Fiato, Lowell High School, Head of School |
| LHS Student Representative | Kendrick Del Obre |
| LHS Student Representative | Jannaca Lang |
| Members of community with architecture, engineering and/or construction experience | Jay Mason, Community Member/ Architect (Representative from Lowell Sustainability Commission) |
| Members of community with architecture, engineering and/or construction experience | John Haley, Community Member (Watermark Environmental) |
| Members of community with architecture, engineering and/or construction experience | Paul St. Cyr, Commissioner of DPW |
| Members of community with architecture, engineering and/or construction experience | Mark Byrne, Former Commissioner of DPW |
| Local official responsible for Lowell Public School finance | James Hall, Chief Operating Officer (LPS) |
| Mayor and Chair of School Committee | Daniel P. Rourke, Mayor & Chair of Lowell School Committee |
| Member knowledgeable in educational mission and function of facility | Maria Sheehy, Community Member |
| Member knowledgeable in educational mission and function of facility | Benjamin Opara, Community Member |
| Public Safety Representative | David Peaslee, Captain, Lowell Police Department |
| Member of the Lowell Commission on Disability | Erica Harvey, Commission Member (Lowell Disability Commission) |
| Former Elected Official | William Samaras, Former City Councilor/ Former Mayor |
| Former Elected Official | Rodney Elliot, State Representative (16th Middlesex)/ Former Mayor |
| Elected Official | Vanna Howard, State Representative (17th Middlesex) |
| Elected Official | Edward Kennedy, State Senator (1st Middlesex)/ Former Mayor |
| Elected Official | John Leahy, City Councilor/ Former Mayor |
| Public Safety Representative | Maryann Manzi, Director of Public Safety Research and Development (LPD) |