The week ahead: Community events calendar heats up as Waltham pivots to summer mode

As government meetings die down for the summer, community events are starting to fill up Waltham’s municipal calendar.

This month marks the start of two city-run summer event series: Concerts on the Common, which will be on the Waltham Common this Tuesday, as well Movies at the Mansion, held on Thursday at the Lyman estate.

Local nonprofit Opportunities for Inclusion will kick off July with one of its biggest events of the year: A Special Day In Waltham, a sports day for residents with developmental disabilities, rescheduled for Saturday, July 11.

Some municipal bodies will also continue to meet over the summer. For the week of July 6–10, the School Committee is the only municipal body scheduled to meet. 

School Committee

The Waltham School Committee, an elected six-member committee chaired by Mayor Jeannette A. McCarthy, makes policy and oversight decisions for the Waltham Public Schools.

The committee this week will discuss a district growth plan requested by the City Council during budget discussions. It will consider curriculum requests from the district’s History and Social Studies departments, pass a handbook for Valor High School students for the upcoming year and discuss a donation to the high school’s quiz bowl team. 

It may also revisit the School Department budget, data on school enrollment and other topics that have come up recently in committee. 

The committee will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the James J. Cannon Lecture Hall at 617 Lexington St.