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FINAL
<br /> Approved 11.18.14
<br /> OPEN SESSION MINUTES
<br /> MINUTEMAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
<br /> REGULAR SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING
<br /> OCTOBER 14,2014 7:00 PM
<br /> PAUL REVERE ROOM,MINUTEMAN HIGH SCHOOL
<br /> Present:
<br /> Jeff Stulin,Chair(Needham) Kemon Taschioglou(Lincoln)
<br /> Carrie Flood,Vice Chair(Concord) Dave Horton(Lexington)
<br /> Nancy Banks, Secretary(Acton) Jack Weis(Belmont)
<br /> Alice DeLuca,(Stow) Mary Ellen Castagno(Wayland)(left at 10:00 PM)
<br /> Ford Spalding(Dover) Sue Sheffler(Arlington)
<br /> Judy Taylor(Carlisle)
<br /> Dave Manjarrez(Sudbury)(left at 10:00 PM)
<br /> David O'Connor(Bolton)
<br /> Absent: Cheryl Mahoney(Boxborough),Daniel Mazzola(Lancaster), Doug Gillespie(Weston),Ed Bouquillon
<br /> Others Present: Kevin Mahoney,Ernie Houle,Elizabeth Rozan,Christine Laskey(student rep.;left at 8:45 PM),
<br /> Michelle Roche,Connie Maynard,Diane Dempsey,Tracey Sierra,Maryanne Ham,Brendan Dutch,Marjorie
<br /> Daggett,Ed DeLuca,Georgi Condon,Gina Condon,DeAnne Dupont,Bill Rubin,Lesley Litman,Jerome Lerman
<br /> 1. CALL TO ORDER: OPEN SESSION
<br /> The Chair opened the meeting at 7:00 PM,with 13 members present.
<br /> 2. PUBLIC COMMENT
<br /> The Chair opened the floor for Public Comment,explaining the parameters. There were two speakers.
<br /> David Manjarrez,Sudbury representative,voiced a public apology to the Rubin family and to the School
<br /> Committee that an email associated with him went outside of the Minuteman community.
<br /> Lesley Litman,parent of former student Solomon Rubin,the subject of the email mentioned by Mr.Manjarrez,read
<br /> a statement on behalf of her and her husband,Bill Rubin(shown as Attachment A)in which she expressed concern
<br /> that their son'private information was shared outside the Minuteman community, specifically with someone from
<br /> the press. She acknowledged the lapse of judgment of the School Committee member from Sudbury in violating
<br /> their privacy,and expressed concern with the process used to inform their son of this violation,noting that the way
<br /> in which it was handled had a negative impact on them. She clarified points around the original email,and expressed
<br /> her opinion that Dr.Bouquillon,in addressing the violation within the law,should have consulted with her and her
<br /> husband about the best way to inform their son. She then requested that Solomon receive an apology from Dr.
<br /> Bouquillon,from the School Committee member,and from the School Committee. She urged compassion and
<br /> understanding going forward.
<br /> 3. CHAIR'S REPORT,Jeff Stulin
<br /> a. Governance Issues
<br /> 1. Remote Access
<br /> The Chair expressed appreciation to everyone who submitted comments in response to his request for input on
<br /> Governance Issues,and asked that people continue to submit them.He explained that the member from Wayland
<br /> had approached him about revisiting the development of a Remote Access policy. The member explained that she
<br /> was requesting this as an accommodation for a medical condition that has direct impact on her vision,and with the
<br /> hope that the policy can be addressed expeditiously.The Chair explained that he is less concerned with the technical
<br /> problems that were at issue when the policy came up a few years ago,but that there remain complications, such as
<br /> for whom it is applicable,how votes are taken,document distribution,presentations,voices being heard, and
<br /> Executive Session rules). He asked for a volunteer to look at the law,to look at what other towns are doing, so that
<br /> a draft policy could be developed to try it out on a trial basis. Ms. Castagno volunteered to investigate this. The
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