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Page 144 August 3, 1976 On Tuesday evening August 3, 1976 the Lexington School Committee met at the School Administration Building. The meeting began at 8:00 p.m. Present were Mrs. Swanson, Messrs. Brown, Michelman, Rotberg, Wadsworth. Also present were Dr. Lawson, Dr. Monderer, Messrs. Spiris, Maclnnes, Barnes. Mrs. Catherine Nigrini, Chairman of the Munroe School P.T.A. read PUBLIC the following communication to the school committee: PARTICIPATION "As Chairman of the Munroe School P.T.A. , I would like to voice our support for Dr. Wadsworth's proposal of the last School Committee meeting (July 6) concerning the problem of declining school popu- lation in Lexington. We are delighted to see an attempt being made to answer many of the unanswered questions surrounding this prob- lem.You hear from us when we do not like things you do--now we think it only fair to tell you when we do like something: 'Furthermore, I would like to offer our services to you. As you know there are many very talented and civic minded people in Lex- ington who have a great variety of talents. May we help you? We are prepared to assist you in any way that you feel is appropriate-- be it a job for someone trained in computer sciences or be it busy work." August 3, 1976 Catherine Nigrini 17 Highland Ave. Lexington Tel. 861-1712 Mr. Kyles Barnert of the Capital Expenditures Committee reviewed CAPITAL his experience in working with other committees in the town regarding EXPENDITURES capital expenditures (inventories, priority plans, etc.) He requested COMMITTEE the school committee and school administration develop a capital expendi- ture plan which would be phased in over a period of 5 years. Capital ex- penditures were classified as items of a non-recurring nature such as air conditioning, roofs, etc. He said his experiences with other depart- ments were most positive and felt that such a plan by the school committee and school administration would lead to benefits for the town. Dr. Lawson stated this was a positive thing to do as far as planning was concerned. He said he was interested in a close working relationship with all departments and persons within. the town, and was happy to coop- erate in such a long range plan that would benefit the taxpayer. Mr. Bernert said he would be liaison person between the school committee and the capital expenditures committee. Mr. Brown suggested that the in- stallation of Data Processing equipment might be considered as an item in the long range planning of the town since it was a large expenditure. Dr. Rotberg suggested that some such criterion be created, for example, treating any such item costing one dollar or more on the tax rate as a capital expenditure item. Mr. Barnert expressed his gratitude to the administration and the school committee for their willingness to cooper- ate. Mrs. Swanson thanked Mr. Barnert for his presentation and promised to work closely with his committee in the future.