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Lexington School Committee Minutes - November 10, 1975 Page 215 A regular meeting of the Lexington School Committee came to order at 8 00 p.m. at the Estabrook School. Present were Mesdames Berchtold and Swanson, Messrs. Brown, Rotberg, Wadsworth. School administrators in attendance were Messrs. Spiris, Maclnnes, Monderer, Barnes, Barstow and Miss Quinn. Mrs. Linda Brown, Chairperson the NOW task force read the following PUBLIC letter to the School Committee: PARTICIPATION To the members of the School Committee: (Chapter 622) We, as concerned parents and citizens, are here to ask you to establish a committee to co-ordinate the implementation of Chapter 622 regulations. We acknowledge the efforts that some teachers in some schools have made in response to Ch. 622, but feel that all staff needs guidance and support. As you know, on October 15, the Department of Education held a funding information meeting concerning application for Title III grants available to implement Ch. 622 regulations. There, our ad- ministrators were informed that one of the criteria for acceptance of potential projects is the existence of 622 support mechanisms within the individual school systems. Under the 622 regulations, school committees have many respon- sibilities. The most important among them are stated in Section 8 under "Active Efforts." 8.01 The school committee of each school district shall establish policies, promote regulations and procedures, and implement monitoring and evaluation practices that support and promote affirmative action and stimulate necessary changes to insure that all obstacles to equal access to school programs for all persons regardless of race, sex, color, national origin, re- ligion or limited English-speaking ability, no matter how subtle or unintended, are removed. Such policies shall in- clude a requirement for an annual evaluation of all aspects of the K-12 school program to insure that all students re- gardless of race, color, sex, religion or national origin are given an opportunity to develop skills, competence and ex- perience, and to receive appropriate guidance so that they may be able to participate in all programs offered by the school including athletics and other extra-curricular activ- ities. Special attention shall be given in this examination to schools and programs in which students of either sex or of racial or national origin groups present in-the community are markedly under represented. 8. 03 It shall be the responsibility of the school committee and the superintendent to provide necessary information and in- service training for all school personnel in order to: