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Lexington School Committee Minutes - November 10, 1975 Page 218 Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools it was SPECIAL VOTED: to reassign the Special Education Contract for 1975-1976 to TRANSPORTATION Lexington Taxi. (Berchtold, Brown, Unanimous) A letter was read by Mrs. Swanson from Town Manager, Walter TOWN MANAGER'S O'Connell outlining the erosion problem at Estabrook School. The LETTER (ESTABROOK letter requested a vote by the School Committee to assign the problem EROSION) to the Town. It was VOTED: to request the Town Manager to take over the maintenance (erosion) problem at the Estabrook School and place an article in the Town Warrant for the next Town Meeting. (Brown, Wadsworth, Unanimous) December 10 was announced as a tentative date for an open meeting SCHOOL on the topic of school facilities. Mrs. Swanson emphasized the import- FACILITIES ance of a School Committee discussion, since a decision on a school REPORT closing might be made in January, 1976. She noted that information has been received from the advisory committees, and only recently the Edu- cation Program Committee had submitted a progress report due to a pend- ing survey. Mrs. Swanson also emphasized that if the order of phase out of schools was changed (i.e. Munroe first rather than Hancock) it would have Capital Expenditure implications, since Munroe possibly could be used as a Central Office, and the deadline for reporting any Capital Expenditure to the Town was fast approaching. Mr. Spiris agreed to sup- ply figures on the cost of such an undertaking. Dr. Rotberg took exception with the suggestion for the meeting, since the Education Program Committee had yet to give its final report which would contain a community attitudinal survey. Hopefully, the final report will be made by March 1, 1976. Mrs. Berchtold and Mr. Wadsworth also suggested further digestion and discussion of the re- ports among the School Committee members. Mr. Wadsworth re-emphasized that even though he questioned the need to get any more reports, he felt School Committee discussion was critical. Dr. Rotberg felt that another consideration was that of the hiring of a new superintendent. He or she should be consulted, he stated. Mrs. Swanson took exception with this due to the newness of the person in re- lation to the information and experience of those who have lived in Lex- ington many years. After discussion it was agreed to place the topic of school clos- ings on the December 1, 1975 agenda. It was VOTED: to go into executive session at 9:56 p.m. to discuss a personnel matter. (Wadsworth, Berchtold, Unanimous) Respectfully submitted, / /k % Richard H. Barnes, Recording /Secretary (Pro Tem)/