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Pac,,1 176 August 18, 1975 After ditcussion, 4t Vs.': = free_. that Dr. ''ober'ywould contact Dr. ,lime abouthold-'ng a meet__ a_ _ e y the school committee. Sue di= teacher at theBridge School, was present to her_ _ retor., o:: _^e results of a concentrated instruction in phonics READING Y oaak ,. to firs., graders. :he committee also ee received a summary of research literature on this topic by Dr. Clifford and an analysis of phonics materials by Elizabeth Heybolds of Boston Cniversity. Ms. ordon said the children reacted positively to her and not to the materials. She said that i- the end,ed, she was disappointed with the extra tutoring because there was just so much the children could learn in the speci-fed period of time. Once they reached the saturation point, they couldn't absorb the material. Those with higher scores initially had the lowest gains and vice versa. She said the clear message that she wanted to get across was that the professional should be the judge of what material should be used. A general discussion was held rewarding the retort. Mr. Donald Johnson said that the Continuing Curriculum Committee Plans to submit a list of work- shops for the coming year to Dr. Fobert. The committee was told that Mr. Barnes has conducted a survey to find_ out --__at the teachers in-service training preferences will be. Dr. Fobert said that some of the Summer do-rkshop money will be used for these :dor shops. .�a;,c feltdeallearned -rthe "'. __ . o,;_t_i a ___„ __ from study. "When parentsTcomtlain about their -:ounTsPers' reading Problems, we should supply the effort to experiment continuously sothat we can have the feeling with the staff and the committee that ah-_= is being done to meet this problem. -•- Unless you ha an experimental effortsome scale, you will always be open to criticism" . - Cordon, Dr. Clifford and Era. = eynold.s were thanked for the time and effort they contributed to fro:___ the information. IS. Cordon's report on the use:_.._ .ram 4s available =t th= central oice. MacIn es retorted that Johnson Service Company inspected the CLARKE HDA INC problem areas at Clarke Jr. High School and took corrective action. fl0BT7di Upon tha recommendation of the Suterintendent of =schools, it was VOl To aocett the f ollowin- PersonnelChancres as stated. NEN BUSINESS (lot be srchtold, Una PERSONNEL CHANCES