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Connie Martin
Connie Martin, has been a school board member for the Lowell Public Schools In Massachusetts since 1999, when she won her first election. In November 2019, Martin won her 10th election as at-large representative for the school board. Having now served over 20 years, she is renown for her strong positions, including her support for renovating the aging Lowell High School and keeping it in downtown Lowell. In 2019, she also took a controversial stand when she called for the resignation of then School Superintendent Salah Khafoury after concerns about his financial management of school district funds. Her strong positions have led, in some cases to strong reactions to the community, as when the Lowell Sun called for her resignation along with a slate of fellow school board members over the debate around Khafoury's superindency Martin serves as Director for the Division of Energy and Community Resources, a Division of Community Teamwork, a non-profit organization in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Early Years and Education
A 1985 graduate of Lowell High School, she is the daughter of Larry Martin, a former Lowell City Councilor. Martin's K-12 education was in the Lowell Public School, and her undergraduate work was completed at St. Michael's College, Winooski, Vermont. She also obtained a master's degree in educational administration from what was then the Graduate School of Education of University of Massachusetts Lowell. She has been employed primarily in the non-profit sector.

School Board Elections
2019 marked Martin's 11th school board election run, representing the remarkably long continuous tenure of over 20 years on the school board of this industrial town to the north of Boston.

1999
Her first run for office took place in 1999.

Removal of Superintendent Khafoury (2019)
Google News has over 1,000 hits on this phrase "Connie A. Martin Lowell Public Schools school board"

Connie  Lowell Sun Interview with Connie Martin

https://advance.lexis.com/api/permalink/c028f3da-5b4e-4397-b28c-8ee11444de99/?context=1516831

https://advance.lexis.com/api/permalink/8c219d20-1543-45af-b14e-85347eecfbf9/?context=1516831 Mentions UMass Lowell Masters degree in education administration

https://www.lowellsun.com/2017/06/21/downtown-lhs-opened-a-whole-new-world-for-martin/

https://www.lowellsun.com/2018/11/19/editorial-lowells-school-board-is-part-of-the-problem/ (Lowell Sun Editorial calling for Martin's resignation!)

https://www.lowellsun.com/2018/07/14/motion-seeks-lowell-school-superintendents-firing/. (Martin was one of leaders making the motion to fire the superintendent)

https://www.lowellsun.com/2019/06/20/suptto-sue-cityboard/. (Martin accused by former superintendent)

https://ballotpedia.org/Connie_A._Martin Useful resource for its links, but don't cite ballotpedia itself--would not be considered strong source.

Martin, Chair of Search Committee

https://www.lowellsun.com/2019/06/20/lowell-school-committee-approves-reorganization-proposal/

https://www.lowellsun.com/2018/01/18/martin-named-to-lowell-school-building-panel/

https://advance.lexis.com/api/permalink/35c2931d-3ec5-48d2-820d-ad5e18d34a34/?context=1516831 Martin seeks fair chances for students and teachers

Connie Martin, Division Director, Energy and Community Resources
Connie Martin is Community Teamwork’s Division Director for the Division of Energy and Community Resources. She oversees a budget of $10 million of federal, state and private programming fund and implements a wide range of programs that serve nearly 14,000 people. Ms. Martin was educated in the Lowell Public Schools, graduated from St. Michael’s College in Winooski, Vermont, and completed her Master’s in Education Administration at the Graduate School of Education, University of Massachusetts at Lowell. During her career in non-profit management, she has held positions in several different sectors including arts and culture, business advocacy, workforce development and childcare programming. In addition to her position at Community Teamwork, Ms. Martin is serving in her 6th term on the Lowell School Committee, and she volunteers with several local charities.