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Page 21 January 27, 1975 The regular meeting of the Lexington School Committee came to order at 7:30,p. m at-Unit F of the Lexington High School. Present were Messrs . Currier, Rotberg, Wadsworth, Mesdames Berchtold, Davison and Swanson. Also present were Messrs. Barnes, Maclnnes, Spiris, Dr. Monderer, Dr. Fobert and Mrs. Cummings. Natalie Warshawer asked the committee if a decision had been made relative to offering bus service for students living 1 1/2 miles from school. She was told by Mrs. Berchtold that no decision had been reached and the subject would appear on the agenda for discussion another time. PUBLIC PUBLICIPATION Mr. John Land commented on repairing a ceiling in one of the rooms at Adams School. Mr. Land asked for a status report since the request had been made previous to this meeting. He reminded the school committee that the parents were willing to donate the labor. He asked whether reimbursement from state funds was available. Dr. Fobert said reimbursement is available if we include it under CH 766 . It will appear in the budget in one of the alterna- tives. He added that the Principal and Mr. Maclnnes will get together to discuss these repairs. Mr. Land asked for the proper channel for a parent to use if he or she wishes to issue a grievance. Dr. Fobert said the grievance is to be directed to the individual involved. If the complainant is not satisfied with the results, the next step would be to contact the central office and then the school committee. Replying to a question from Marcia Warhshawer, Mrs. Berchtold said the school committee would decide later in the evening if the CH 622 Report will be made public tomorrow. The minutes of 1/13/75 were reviewed by the school committee. Relative to a report made on that date about the Max Ed Program in the high school, MINUTES Mrs. Swanson felt obliged to have the minutes reflect her very strong disagreement 1/13/75 with Mr. Johnson's opinion that our Max Ed Program is presently working very well. Her contention is that we still do not have and will not have a good Max Ed Program until we really have a variety of choices for the students to make as to how they use their time. There are no suitable choices now. Perhaps, she added, our curriculum is at fault but whatever the cause of the problem, affirmative action is long overdue to correct it. Mr. Rotberg questioned the portion of the minutes which reported a conversation between Mrs. Swanson and Mr. Richard Miller of Harbridge House relative to the Management Study. Mr. Rotberg noted that in a con- versation he had had with Mr. Miller, the latter said he thought we were going to conduct an educational study rather than a management study and thought his firm would not be interested in placing a bid. Mrs. Swanson reaffirmed the conversation she and Mr. Miller had had the previous week. She said this conversation was accurately recorded in the ;minutes. Mr. Rotberg asked that it be shown in the minutes that the committee has now received a Utter from Mr. Miler clarifying his position and that of Harbridge House. It was: VOTED: To accept the minutes of 1/13/75 as amended. (Davison, Swanson, Wadsworth, Berchtold YES, Rotberg, ABSTAIN)