State Senator Ed Kennedy Attends Greater Lowell Technical High School Athletic Complex Ribbon Cutting

_{From left to right – School Business Administrator Michael Knight, Lowell City Councilor & Plant Services Director Erik Gitschier, Assistant Superintendent Michael Barton, School Committee Member Kelly Richardson, Superintendent Jill Davis, State Representative Rodney Elliott, School Committee Member Ralph Hogan, Former Gryphons Football Coach Dennis Murphy, State Senator Ed Kennedy, and School Committee Members Fred Bahou. Curtis LeMay, Lee Gitschier, Paul Morin, and Matt Sheehan.}

State Senator Ed Kennedy was honored to attend the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new athletic complex at the Greater Lowell Technical High School on Wednesday, November 22, before the Thanksgiving Eve football game between Greater Lowell Technical High School and Lowell Catholic High School.

_{Greater Lowell Technical High School Superintendent Jill Davis and State Senator Ed Kennedy before the ribbon cutting ceremony.}

The ribbon cutting ceremony celebrated the conclusion of a $2.5 million project that provided several upgrades to bring the school’s athletic complex into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The $2.5 million was provided by the Commonwealth in two components. The first component was a Senate amendment to the state budget that dedicated an appropriation of one million dollars to the project. The second component was a Senate amendment that added $1.5 million for the project to a Capital Bond Bill, which Governor Healey then included in her Administration’s Capital Plan. The upgrades included a synthetic turf field, an eight-lane running track, a handicapped accessible grandstand, pedestrian walkways, an amenity building, and a new handicapped parking area.

_{The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the new Greater Lowell Technical High School Athletic Complex – November 22, 2023.}

Dennis Murphy, the former football coach at the Greater Lowell Technical High School was the keynote speaker at the ribbon cutting ceremony.

In the Thanksgiving Eve football game that took place following the ribbon cutting ceremony, the Greater Lowell Technical High School Gryphons defeated the Lowell Catholic Crusaders, 42-6.