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ACTION 2017#21 Moved(Flood)and seconded(Antia) To establish an Enrollment Task Force, consisting of 4 members(Nourse, Gammill,Flood, Horton)to gather ideas,review them with the Administration for practicality, and create a set of guidelines VOTE: Members in room at time of vote: 12 (Absent: Boxborough, Carlisle,Wayland, Sudbury) Weighted Vote present: 82.42% Weight needed: >41.21% Names of towns opposing or abstaining: None Final percentage results of vote: 82.42% Final status of the vote: Passed Unanimously The member from Acton agreed to be the point person for this Task Force effort. Report#3: After School Program Report(Allison Salisbury) The Interim Director of Community Education gave a report on the Career Pathway After School Program for Middle School Students. She outlined the objectives, gave some quick facts, detailed enrollment by session,by grade,by town, and outlined goals going forward. Discussion included the time classes are held,the instructors,the program's value to younger students, exit polling, and publicity. Details are found as Attachment C. Report#4: FFA/Skills USA Report(Michelle Roche and Advisors) Michelle Roach and Cliff Kirkstead, carpentry teacher/advisor,gave an update on what has been happening with these two student activities over what has been a busy year. The students involved,their recent field trips,their activities in the community related to agriculture,homeless veterans, seed starting, and apple tree planting, and their attendance at the state convention were highlighted. Activities related to Skills USA were also highlighted,with an emphasis on leadership and pride, connections made, and medals won. Her report can be found as Attachment D. Report#5: Schedule for New Ch.74 CVTE Programs (Michelle Roche) Ms. Roche also gave an update on the new Ch. 74 program applications for Advanced Manufacturing and for Multi-Media Engineering. She described the details of the process to date,and noted that she anticipates that Advanced Manufacturing will be in place for the Fall,2017, and that she has had two excellent teacher candidates. She noted the details for the Multi-Media Engineering program as well, and noted that she anticipates that this program will begin in the Fall, 2018. She also addressed career prospects for these two offerings, describing the climate for them and the interest in application of the skills to various fields. Report#6: Report on Special Education Project(Bill Blake,Michelle Roche,Amy Perreault) Mr. Blake, along with Ms.Roche and Ms.Perreault, gave a brief overview of their involvement with the Special Education Leadership Academy,in which their focus has been to expand and diversify work experience opportunities for students at Minuteman High School. He explained that the focus is on designing alternatives to the co-op work experience,through a survey data-gathering, and developing ideas for authentic opportunities. Discussion included actualizing a"least restrictive environment"for students, and encouraging their development of social skills that are also necessary for the world of work. 3