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Page 2 January 5, 1976 The minutes of December 15, 1975 were reviewed and it was MINUTES 12/15/75 VOTED: to accept the minutes of December 15, 1975 as corrected. (Brown, Berchtold, Unanimous) Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools it was SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS VOTED: to accept the following schedule of payments. (Brown, Berchtold, Unanimous) (please see next page) Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools it was NEW PERSONNEL VOTED: . Mr. Spiris presented the School Committee with the Personal Services PERSONAL Budget for 1976. Seven major items were included in the information SERVICES package: BUDGET 1. Elementary and Junior High School Budgets 2. Senior High School Budget 3. Systemwide Budget 4. Pupil Personnel Services Budget 5. Additional Charges 6. Teaching Assistants 7. Commitments from the 1975-76 Budget without change presented previously. He explained that the total change in the Personal Services Budget amounted to a 1.8% increase or $222,051. He noted that of this amount approximately 607, was due to the result of Chapter 766. The 1.8% in- cluded all increases recommended with the exception of the increases that will occur as a result of School Committee-Lexington Education Association negotiations. The Superintendent summarized his introduc- tion by saying the Personal Services Budget was a result of the effort of principals, program directors, and central office staff. He noted that it did not meet all of the needs, but felt that the people who have reviewed the budgets had taken a realistic look at every area. The budget discussion began with a review of elementary staffing. ELEMENTARY Mr. Spiris noted that the recommendation was for an increase of i SCHOOLS kindergarten teacher for the next school year due to the size of class. However, the additional kindergarten teacher may not be used at the Bowman School as the outline suggested, but might be needed somewhere KINDERGARTEN else due to a possible enrollment shift. He felt that the enrollment TEACHERS justified an increase. Mr. Brown voiced reservation to an increase of a z position at the kindergarten level saying that if enrollment did go up in September then Mr. Spiris should come back to the School Committee recommending the hiring of such a staff member. He felt the committee would be most receptive to such an increase due to past practice.