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Page 11 January 13, 1975 The school committee discussed the resume of a long term temporary substitute who will teach Physical Education at Laamond Jr. High School through June, 1975. No action was required by the school committee. Messrs. Johnson and Wilson were present to give an informal HIGH SCHOOL report on various matters concerning the high school . The following topics were discussed. Parking Lot - Conditions in the parking lot have improved due to efforts of the two parking lot monitors. Mr. Johnson was pleased with Mr. Johnson was pleased with the results. A recent survey showed that most teachers agreed with him. Attendance - Since the new computerized attendance systen was instituted in September, there have been noticeable improvements. Teachers felt attendance was better and class cutting was not as high as before. Because the teachers are responsible for the recording procedure, the workload of the unit secretaries and unit chairpersons has improved. Mr. Johnson discussed the responsibilities of the latter two relative to the attendance system. He also gave a brief description of the system itself. He said that the loopholes will be ironed out shortly and that by the end of the year, attendance taking will be working with 100% efficiency. Max-Ed Program - Both Mr. Johnson and Mrs. Friedman told of efforts to interest students in the more than 100 activities which have been offered since the start of school. Current offerings are: a chamber music group, records for those interested in learning Italian and Hebrew languages, and a street hockey tournament between students and staff members. Mrs. Friedman described her attempts to interest students in the courses. After hearing the report, Mrs. Swanson said she still felt that we did not have a "Max Ed Program". She said students have told her that various courses or projects which interest them are not available. Mrs. Davison suggested that we find out if other towns with Max-Ed programs have similar mini courses and schedules in an effort to measure the success of our own program. Mr. Johnson commented that it would be his feeling that the program was operating very well at this time. Max-Ed Privileges for Sophomores - The teachers supported the delay in extending privileges to the sophomores. They agreed that the orientation period was needed and felt it would give the parents an opportunity to review the first report card before deciding on any options. Mr. Johnson noted that when the sophomores were allowed to participate in the program on January 6, parents chose more modified options as was the practice last year. Mrs. Swanson asked Mr. Johnson if anything has been done on a formal basis agarding orientation. She noted that Brookline has a required 8 week _rientation course. She requested that an effort be made to find out more about this program.