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VI. Discussion 1. FY09 Budget: Mary Ellen Dunn opened the discussion. The Committee discussed the budget with Ms. Dunn and Dr. Ash. Motion: School Committee resolves to ask Town Meeting to lower its FY08 budget by $350K and also the School Committee asks Town Meeting to establish a SPED stabilization fund and to initially deposit$350 in that stabilization account(Griffiths, Cohen). The motion passed 5-0. Motion that the schools leave the next$350 that may occur in a surplus unspent,with the understanding that it would probably flow into free cash, and that the schools would then recommend that at the next convenient moment that$350 would be deposited into an appropriate stabilization fund, the kind of stabilization fund that we are considering at the moment is the SPED stabilization fund and/or a stabilization fund intended to help us avoid overrides (Griffiths, Coppe). There was discussion on the motion. The motion passed 5-0. Motion to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing collective bargaining (Sakhuja, no second). VII. Action Items 1. Vote to Approve the FY09 Budget Motion that the School Committee set its budget amount at $65, 097, 299 (Griffiths, Cohen). Brief comments about the budget. The motion passed with 4 in favor and one abstaining (Sakhuja) The Committee will meet on March 3rd at 7:30 and on February 26. The latter will be a discussion and public comment on full-day kindergarten. Motion to approve the minutes of Jan 23, 2008, January 24, 2008, January 28, 2008 and executive session of January 28, 2008 (Coppe, Sakhuja). The motion passed 5-0. VIII. Motion to Adjourn (Sakhuja, Griffiths) The motion passed 5-0. SC Meeting 2/11/08 page#2