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FINAL October 16,2018 OPEN SESSION MINUTES MINUTEMAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT REGULAR SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING OCTOBER 16,2018 6:35 PM PAUL REVERE ROOM,MINUTEMAN HIGH SCHOOL Present: Dave Horton, Chair(Lexington) Jim Gammill,Vice-Chair(Belmont) Jennifer Leone (Lancaster) Carrie Flood, (Concord) Pam Nourse, Secretary(Acton) Ford Spalding(Dover) Jeff Stulin, (Needham) Alice DeLuca(Stow) Absent: David O'Connor(Bolton) and Sue Sheffler(Arlington) Weighted Vote: Weighted Vote present at start of meeting: 69.99% Others Present: Ed Bouquillon,Kevin Mahoney, Jack Dillon and Julia Pisegna 1. CALL TO ORDER: OPEN SESSION The Chair called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. 2. PUBLIC COMMENT There was no Public Comment. 3. CHAIR'S REPORT,Dave Horton a. For the Good of the Organization Mr. Ford shared with Committee members the memorandum he sent to the Town of Dover announcing Minuteman as a 2018 National Blue Ribbon School and noted that it has received very positive feedback in Dover.Mr. Spalding invited other Committee members to use the memorandum. Ms. DeLuca reported that she is currently participating in a high quality college and career pathways stakeholder group. The group is sponsored by the Secretary of Education and will look at expanding student access to high quality college and career pathways, Chapter 74 college programs, and participate in the development of the Perkins plan. Discussion ensued. Ms. Flood shared that she attended the Concord Finance Committee meeting, along with Mr. Mahoney and staff members. They received very positive feedback,great questions, and the group was very excited about the progress of the building. Ms. Flood shared that she was happy to be there. b. School Committee Goals and Actions for 2018-2019 Mr.Horton reviewed the list of School Committee Goals and Actions for 2018-2019,provided in the packet, which included the additional Goal No. 6 proposed by Mr. Gammill. Mr. Gammill described the proposed Goal No. 6 and updated the Committee on the changes, noting the addition of the target date of February 2019. Discussion ensued relative to the goals,the order of priority of each goal,and the variety of work being done in each subcommittee and task force towards these goals and how they each support the Superintendent's goals.