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Page 189 September 22, 1975 The regular meeting of the Lexington School Committee came to order at 8:00 p.m. in the auditorium at Jonas Clarke Jr. High School. Present were Mesdames Berchtold and Swanson, Messrs. Brown, Rotberg, Wachman and Wadsworth. Also present were Miss Quinn, Messrs. Barnes, Spiris, Dr. Monderr and Mrs. Cummings. Mrs. Rita Shapiro read a statement in which she supported Mr. Sinek's PUBLIC proposal for the phonic reading method in the elementary schools. The PARTICIPATION statement also included details of her daughter's reading problems. Mrs. Ruth Barton made general comments regarding the vandalism problems in the schools. Mrs. Rosemary O'Leary asked if we have a mandatory retirement policy.. Mr. Spiris discussed this brefly saying that we follow state requirements. At present, the state requires retirement at 70 years of age. Mrs. Jacqueline Ward asked about the possibility of offering high school equivalency courses in the Adult Education program. She stressed the importance of such courses which would encourage students to obtain a high school diploma. The School Committee discussed the history of the Adult Education Program. Mr. Maclnnes and Dr. Monderer answered questions about self supporting and funded programs. Mr. Spiris said Mr. Mathews might be interested in adding the courses if a minimum of 15 people expressed an interest. Mr. Rotberg praised Mrs. Ward's suggestion. Fes. Swanson asked Mr. Spiris to provide • additional information on this question. Mr. Frank Sarno said he would be pleased to help in this area. The minutes of 9/8/75 were reviewed and it was VOTED: To accept the minutes as amended: (Rotberg, Brown, Unanimous) . MINUTE 9/8/75 Chairman Howard Kessler said the Community Relations Committee has been meeting on a regular basis with members of the community to determine methods` of improving community relations. Several issues were examined, one of which was vandalism and its impact on the community as a whole. COMMUNITY The followingsuggestions and recommendations were RELATIONS gg presneted to his COMMITTr committee by students and parents. The School Committee was asked to take the list under consideration. 1. Examine the cost figure of vandilism as it is applied to non- school hours with the idea of hiring a watchman for the High School during weekends and increasing lighting where necessary. 2. Encourage neighborhood school groups to become actively involved' through voluntary participating actions to curb vandalism at the elementary levels. 3. To consider the implementation of additional curriculum at the elementary and secondary levels which would explore the responsibili- ties of community resources efforts, i.e. police, recreation and town government and consider formal adoption of training courses at the high school similar in nature to hose now being offered by the Fire Department.