From left: Nancy Parthucke and Sara Lyndh, Co-Leaders of the School; Frank McLaughlin, President, Lawrence Teachers’ Union; Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua; Vivian Bonet, Senior Bookkeeper and Union President of the Administrative Support Staff of Lawrence Public Schools; Representative Frank Moran; Representative Diana DiZoglio; Joanne Goldstein, Massachusetts Secretary of Labor; Thomas J. Gosnell, President of the A.F.T. of MA; Dale Lipkin, Assistant Superintendent in Lawrence. Cutting the ribbon, Lawrence Public School Receiver Jeffrey C. Riley and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten. Also pictured are Assistant Superintendent Mary Lou Bergeron; June Black, Legislative Aide to Congresswoman Niki Tsongas; School Committee members Frank Surillo, Pavel M. Payano, James R. Blatchford and Patricia Mariano, other dignitaries and teachers. The Oliver Partnership School is a unique grades 1-5 school led by labor, school management and community members and designed to provide targeted services to improve student achievement.
