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Page 231 December 1, 1975 Mr. Spiris said that he could inform parents that there would be no d,...._., . tuition money, or the system might offer no tutoring services, or could decide to process no new Core evaluations. Another alternative would be to reduce present tutoring and stop all tutoring when funds are de- pleted. He also noted that most of these alternatives could result in withholding of State aid at least or court action at worst. After further discussion a majority of the School Committee felt it would be appropriate to wait 2 months as Mr. Spiris suggested before tak- ing any action. The discussion of school closings began with several comments from SCHOOL Dr. Wadsworth. He stated his feeling that the School Committee had not CLOSINGS received all the data required to make a decision on school closings. He felt the following actions were needed: —schedule a meeting with principals and school administration - schedule a meeting for School Committee to review all citizen reports - arrange appointments with former Assistant Superintendent Commit() and Massachusetts Department of Education to obtain their ideas. He continued the commentary on the three citizen advisory reports. "The enrollment is declining and will decline further." He questioned any "flattening out" projections. As far as re-assignment of pupils is concerned, perhaps the members should think about open enrollment. He requested members to express interest in this topic. Finally, he noted two items--the School Committee has no jurisdiction over buildings after phaseout and it was up to the Town to address itself to that problem and an individual building may not save costs but a total package concept may accomplish significant savings. Mr. Spiris restated the importance of a response by the School Com- mittee to the following: 1. Does the School Committee accept the basic assumptions of original charge: Minimize cost by discontinuing some schools because of declin- ing enrollment while equalizing educational opportunities with im- proved facilities in the remaining schools? 2. Does the School Committee accept the time table as determined in the report of the Committee to Study the Reassignment of Pupils? 3. Does the School Committee accept the assumption that cost savings should be looked at from a total Town point of view or should be considered from a cost of education point of view? 4. Should the School Committee detail the following planned capital expenditures? 1977 (summer) alterations Harrington $55,000 1977 (summer) " Hastings 55,000