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Dr. Bouquillon noted that he and Kevin Mahoney had met with the Business Manager of Watertown and they will be presenting to the Watertown Budget and Curriculum Subcommittee on Monday, October 15th and have shared with them updated cost charts. Discussion ensued relative to Watertown. d. Superintendent Leadership Goals and Educator Annual Plan Dr. Bouquillon shared that he presented these goals to the Executive Team also, and presented his goals to the Committee as follows: Goal 1: Leadership Goal Goal 2: Professional Practice Goal 3: District Improvement—Increasing Membership Goal 4: District Improvement—Campus Development Dr. Bouquillon asked Committee members to send their suggestions to him and Julia. Discussion ensued relative to the Superintendent goals. Mr. Horton invited members to send their comments to Dr. Bouquillon for voting at the next meeting. (Dr. Bouquillon left the meeting at 7:44 p.m.) 6. Principals Report,George Clement a. Opening of School Mr. Clement filled in for Mr. Dillon who was attending a mandatory training session, and reported that the opening of school was going very smoothly, low amount of schedule changes, and that first year exploratory is going great and freshman have adjusted well. Mr. Clement also updated the Committee on the National Blue Ribbon Award. We await the official announcement which is scheduled for the first week of October. Mr. Clement also commented on the loss of colleague Bruce Flood. b. Enrollment Update Mr. Clement reported on a total number of 517 students and noted that retention numbers are good and that the official numbers will come out on October 1St Discussion ensued relative to enrollment numbers,presentations to various schools,website improvement and enrollment efforts of the District. Ms.Nourse suggested that the report of the Enrollment Task Force be discussed at this point in the meeting to provide additional updates to the Committee. Mr. Horton noted that the agenda would be taken out of order. Subcommittee Reports Ms.Nourse shared with the Committee that the work of the Enrollment Task Force is really focused on how can we support efforts to increase enrollment of member towns. The group met twice during the summer to look at and define how we can create an environment where we can reach families who children can benefit from Minuteman and how to get those families to listen. Ms.Nourse noted a proposal that Dr. Bouquillon had put before the Committee for recruiting parent liaison positions for five of the member towns who are not supporting Minuteman at a 6%level. 5