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Page 116 April 28, 1975 on the spirit of commercialism and the value of consuming that is being conveyed through these .money-making enterprises. The school committee was as ked to explore thes e practices carefully and s et guidelines as to their l _ ;„_. The ___t _ was signed by :Cr. and MrsNorman, Daggdtt, Mr. an,. _';lrs. S'eph:mCarter, M.o. andMrs . Francois des _.1iiz and Mrs. George Gordon. FUND RAISING • PROJECTS (cont` Dr. Fobert noted that students have us ed fund raising methods as mentioned in the letter for quite some time. He then reviewed the current policy which relates only to collections within the schools. The committee explored the value of allowing students to participate in door-to-door selling enterprises, The distinction between field trips and excursions, costs of projects without extra funding and staff involvement were discus sed. Mrs. Berchtold said the question at hand was whether the school committee was going to condone sending children into the community to sell products door-to-door. The projects. themselves were not criticized. Mrs . Swanson said that teaching youngsters to work and earn for extras is a good thing which she would not want to discourage. Alan Wachman said he had been involved in many fund rais ing projects and, in his opinion, he derived no educational benefits from any of them. Mr. Rotberg asked if we could initiate a study to determine what has and has not been approved regarding fund.raising projects at the elementary and Jr. High School level. Mr. Wadsworth felt that guidelines should be set once the information is received. Dr. Fobert said the information will be available before the end of June. Mrs. Berchtold read a letter from William J. Scouler, Acting Chairman of the Standing School Building Committee. Mr. Scouler asked the school committee to formally accept Bowman at this time. A question was raised about what will happen to the $6318. 65 which remains under Article 7 if BOWMAN the school committee votes its acceptance. The school committee agreed SCHOOL to delay voting on this matter until further information is received. ACCEPTANCE Dr. Lars Guidager reviewed a memo to Dr. Fobert dated 2/6/75 in which he described screening methods to identify students who might have special needs. The screening was based on the following existing data: 1. Eighth grade Iowa tes ting. 2. Surveys carried out by special needs staff. 3, List of students who failed one or more tours es and/or had poor attendance in the second quarter. 4. List of referrals to the reading center. • 0 5. Study by a readings specialist. These lists P broadly cover uizcer- achievers, emotional problems and learning problems.