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Helen Cohen: Reminder about the Diversity award. The deadline is-- Bob Harris: Feb. 29tH V. Discussion 1. FY09 Prioritized Capital Recommendation There were questions and discussion about these items. Some could be done in FY08. Motion to approve the prioritized capital budget reducing the food services equipment budget to $55K(Cohen , Griffiths). The motion passed 5-0. Tom Diaz: There are two docs from Marianne McKenna. She will come to a subsequent meeting. 2. FY08 2nd Quarterly Financial Report Paul Ash presented this. There is a projected surplus in the FY 08 budget. Of course there are always unknowns such as the out of district SPED tuitions. The new SPED programs have been highly successful. There is a watch list for potential out of district students. Discussion of the report included SPED transportation costs, gas prices, custodial overtime, open custodial positions and long-term substitutes. 3. FY09 Recommended Budget The Committee discussed various aspects of the superintendent's recommended FY 09 budget. Motion to approve from the supplemental budget 1.5 educators and 1.5 IAs for the LLP program and 3 teachers for the SPED reading program (Griffiths, Cohen). There was a discussion about the motion. The motion was tabled. Scheduling another meeting of the School Committee: Monday, Feb 4th at 7:30. VI. Action Items: 1. Vote to Approve School Committee Minutes of January 12, 2008 2. Vote to Approve School Committee Minutes of January 14, 2008 3. Vote to Approve School Committee Minutes of January 15, 2008 Motion to approve the School Committee minutes of January 12, 14 and 15 2008 (Griffiths, Cohen). The motion passed 5-0. VII. Motion to Adjourn (Griffiths, Cohen). The motion passed 5-0. SC 1/23/08 page# 2