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LEXINGTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Cary Hall Auditorium 1605 Massachusetts Avenue Present: Superintendent Paul Ash, School Committee Chair Tom Diaz, School Committee Members Helen Cohen, Margaret Coppe, Tom Griffiths and Ravi Sakhuja. The minutes were taken by Leora Tec. The meeting was convened at 7:33 p.m. L Call to Order and Welcome (Tom Diaz) Tom Diaz went over the ground rules of the public hearing. This is the first of 3 public hearings, there will be one hour during the Jan 31st meeting and there will be a public hearing on Jan 24th at 10:00 a.m.. 11. Public Hearing on the FY09 Budget Francis Gillespie: Fee waivers for buses, music and athletics. Phyllis Neufeld: The equitable distribution of$600K for technology and filling positions with direct contact with children before administrative positions. Reid Zurlo: SPED reading teachers for language based learning problems and whether they could really reduce out of district placements. Leora Tec: Moved by Ms. Gillespie's words. Better if principals get to decide about fees on a case by case basis. Martha Burke: Against full day kindergarten. Pamela Taimes: Full day kindergarten as it relates to gross motor play, nap time the impact on families and on the extended day programs and what it would cost the whole town a few years from now. J.J. Krawczyk: Full day kindergarten. Seth Silverman: In support of full day kindergarten. Dr. Ash described the conditions of the state grant for full-day kindergarten. Theresa Nelson: Concerns about full day kindergarten. Dawn McKenna: Community conversation about full day kindergarten.