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Greater Lawrence Technical School last week recognized School Committee Chairman Leo Lamontagne for 38 years of service during a special ceremony before the board’s regular meeting.
Lamontagne is retiring from the board effective in January. He took his oath of office in January of 1986 and continued to serve on the School Committee ever since, attending not just hundreds of meetings, but also thousands of school events, graduations, national honor society inductions, sporting events, building committee meetings and more.
“Leo has had such a huge impact on GLTS for the last 38 years that you can’t really measure it in words, but you can look at GLTS, you can look at its history and you can look at the changes that have happened,” said Superintendent John Lavoie.
The school serves students from Andover, Lawrence, Methuen and North Andover.
Lawrence City Council President Marc Laplante said Lamontagne is the longest serving elected official in Lawrence history.
Lamontagne was recognized by school committee members, Lawrence’s statehouse delegation, and members of the Lawrence City Council, among others, with culinary students providing food at the event, which also featured table centerpieces crafted by the school’s Horticulture students.
Lamontagne was presented with citations from both the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, with Rep. Frank Moran and Sen. Pavel Payano both offering words of recognition. Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena also presented Lamontagne with a citation from the City of Lawrence.