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As we look at the school budget the general consensus was that we would like the Superintendent and School Committee in their presentations to focus on what you are going to get for the money - not looking at what is being cut from the original budget proposal. The sheet distributed at the March 7, 1995 School Committee meeting entitled "The $38 million FY96 School Budget" was a good start but there needs to be more detail. We should request that the School Department redo the "Major Factors" section of the budget book (pp. 7-12 of the Superintendent's Proposed Budget dated December 20, 1994). P. Lapointe expressed his view of the purpose of the meeting with the School Committee- not to articulate the A.C. point of view because we haven't voted; not to be Selectman's surrogate; but rather to ask them to help us understand what they are asking for and WHY. There was a fairly general discussion of the draft report that had been distributed to the Committee. People had some comments but were comfortable with the essence of the draft although a few areas need further clarification and we need to vote positions on some items if they are to be included (i.e., trash fee, debt exclusion). We will begin voting at our next meeting (Monday, March 13). Motion to adjourn.