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1 Page 199 December 13, 1976 Mrs. Swanson wondered if it were appropriate to take any vote on the grievance in the light of the question of standing of the L.E.A. with respect to this grievance. Dr. Lawson responded that his position was recommended by Alan Miller, who is the School Committee's counsel for negotiations, Mr. Michelman then moved that the school committee affirm the Super- intendent's rejection of the grievance set forth in Mr. Cawley's letter of September 27, 1976 on the sole ground that the association does not have standing to press this grievance. (Seconded Wadsworth, Unanimous) . Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools it was NEW PERSONNEL (PROFESSIONAL VOTED: to accept the following New Personnel (Brown, Michelman, Unanimous) Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools it was PERSONNEL CHANGES VOTED: to accept the following Personnel Changes (Professional) (PROFESSIONAL (Rotberg, Brown, Unanimous) Leave of Absence PERSONNEL CHANGES New Personnel Dr. Jack Monderer then presented to the school committee a report ACE PROGRAM on the ACE program. He introduced Mr. David Hamlin and Ms. Betsy Morse, ACE teachers. Mr. Hamlin described the two programs (ACE I and ACE II) and ex- plained the difference between them. He introduced two students, Tammy Merrick and Craig Miles, who described their success through the pro- grams. Miss Abelmann asked why, since the Lexington quota at MMRVTHS is seldom filled, we do not use these rather than the carpentry and elec- trical programs through ACE. Mr. Hamlin responded that the programs offered do not generally meet the needs of students assigned to ACE specifically, the need for individualized instruction and flexible scheduling. Mrs. Swanson questioned the new programs offered through ACE, not their quality necessarily, but their nature and scope. They are not,