Five Things You Need to Know Today, April 12

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Today is Tuesday, April 12. Here are five things you need to know:

1. Still nice: Although temperatures won’t be as high as they were yesterday (wasn’t 70 degrees wonderful?), the National Weather Service is forecasting a sweet spring day for today. Temperatures are expected to be in the low 60s today, and there is a 20 percent chance of rain today.  
2. School meetings: If you’re interested in schools, tonight is for you! There is a at 6:30 p.m., at 7 p.m., and a at 7 p.m., also at the Joyce.
3. Packing your lunch: Are you packing a lunch this morning for your little Woburnite? Today marks the special “no trash lunch” day in city schools. students encourage all schools to take part in the no-trash lunch by using reusable containers and cloth napkins. Can you pack a no-trash lunch?
4. In case you missed it: The city celebrated Earth Day and environmental trends in style Sunday with its first Earth Day Festival. The day was filled with fun, recycling and other activities, including a youth triathlon. For . For .
5. Passing of a President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the United States' longest-serving president, died in on this day in 1945 while serving his fourth term in office. Roosevelt was president during the Great Depression and is credited with lessening its impact by getting the country off the Gold Standard and with his social program, the New Deal. He also oversaw the country during most of World War II and worked with allies Britain's Winston Churchill and Russia's Joseph Stalin to defeat the Germans and Japanese.

To find out what is going on today in Woburn, check out our events listings.