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LEXINGTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING <br /> Monday, February 11, 2008 <br /> Cary Hall <br /> 1605 Massachusetts Avenue <br /> Present: Superintendent Paul Ash, School Committee Chair Tom Diaz, School Committee <br /> Members Helen Cohen, Margaret Coppe, Tom Griffiths and Ravi Sakhuja. The minutes were <br /> taken by Leora Tec. <br /> I. Call to Order (Ellen Stone Room) <br /> II. Executive Session (Ellen Stone Room) <br /> III. Return to Public Session and Welcome (Cary Hall Auditorium) (Tom Diaz) <br /> IV. Public Comment <br /> Jennifer Lawrence (Bowman parent): Large class sizes at Bowman. <br /> Evelyn Granger (Bowman parent): Physical capacity of the various schools. <br /> Alexandra Kahn (Bowman parent): Child comments on stress on teacher and students with <br /> 25 vs. 19 kids. <br /> Jennifer Vogelzang (Bowman PTA president): Kindergarten at Bowman. <br /> Liz Weiss (Bowman parent): Equity in class size. <br /> Al Deacon (Bowman parent): What are the trade-offs? <br /> V. Members' Reports/Members' Concerns <br /> Helen Cohen: Chinese American Association Dinner. They provide funding for Diversity <br /> task force award. Feb 29 is the deadline for nominations. <br /> Tom Griffiths: Right now we have a global summary for the entire School Committee <br /> budget. I'd like us to split out three items and call it School Committee out of district budget <br /> requests. The salary line for the out of district coordinator and two expenses that are on the <br /> back page: net SPED out of district tuitions and net SPED transportation. This falls in line <br /> with our earlier vote to provide to Town Meeting a Burlington-like presentation of our <br /> expenses. <br /> Ravi Sakhuja: Expressed concern about the sinks at Harrington. They are not yet repaired <br /> and he asked for clarification on the reasons for the delay. <br /> SC Meeting 2/11/08 page#1 <br />