2020-07-01-REC-min (includes attachments)

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us MOg ITIS h�G Town of Lexington �w = Recreation Committee s V APRIL Pr �FXINGI-V Frederick DeAngelis, Chairman Tel: (781) 698-4800 Lisah Rhodes, Vice Chair Fax: (781) 861-2747 Lisa O'Brien Ruixi (Ray)Yuan Francesca Pfrommer Recreation Committee Minutes of Meeting July 1, 2020 A virtual meeting of the Recreation Committee was held on Wednesday,July 1, 2020 at 6:30pm through the Zoom platform. Members Present: Rick DeAngelis,Lisah Rhodes,Lisa O'Brien, and Francesca Pfrommer Member Absent: Ruixi Yuan Staff Present: Melissa Battite,Director of Recreation and Community Programs,Peter Coleman, Assistant Director of Recreation, Christine Dean,Community Center Director,and Hayato Tsurumaki,Recreation Supervisor Others Present: Meredith Applegate (42 Reed Street, Lexington), Suzie Barry (Select Board liaison),Diane Cell (Bridge School Nurse), Eileen Jay (School Committee liaison), and Jay O'Shaughnessy (6 Brookwood Road, Lexington) 1. June 17,2020 Minutes Rick DeAngelis moved and Lisah Rhodes seconded the approval of the minutes,with edits, from the June 17th meeting. The Recreation Committee voted 4-0 to approve the June 17 minutes. 2. Public Comment—None 3. Liaison Reports Suzie Barry, liaison from the Select Board,had no updates. Eileen Jay, liaison from the School Committee,reported that on June 30th, Dr. Julie Hackett, Superintendent of the Lexington Public Schools,released the initial draft of the 2020-2021 back-to-school plan, titled Lexington Public Schools Back-to-School Blueprint. Ms. Jay indicated that this document can be revised and that public input will be collected until July 15th. There are two options outlined in the blueprint. One is for all remote learning. The second presents a hybrid model with two groups of cohorts where each cohort group would alternate between one week of in person learning and one week of remote learning throughout the year. Every Thursday would be a half-day for all students to allow for teacher planning time. The blueprint currently does not contain information regarding after-school activities and interscholastic athletics. Melissa Battite, Director of Recreation and Community Programs,informed Ms. Jay that the department has been receiving requests for captains' practices from the fall sports teams. Both agreed that it will be important for the Recreation and Community Programs Department and Lexington Public Schools to remain in regular communication regarding these types of requests as well as when recreational facilities come back online. Ms. Battite stated that she worked directly with Dr. Hackett and received approval for our in person programming at Lexington High School this summer.