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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-07-31-STAS-min Ad Hoc School Transportation and Safety Study Committee July 31, 2013 at 9am Conference Room, Central Administration Blg Meeting Minutes 1 Attending. Elaine Celi,Judy Crocker, MaryEllen Dunn, Sharon Kendall, Craig Weeks Guests Bonnie Brown, Shannon Maloney 2 Meeting minutes for June 6 and 21 were accepted as amended. 3 Update on Bus Registration More than 2600 students are presently registered for the bus for FY14 This is well above the same number of students at this time last year The question on the status of individual school bus captains was raised and an ad for a Newton bus monitor was presented. There was no additional information available. 4 WorldTech Consultant Preliminary Report The Committee discussed at length the proposals for each school and the overarching objectives included in the preliminary report. This feedback will be compiled into a report and will be submitted to Ms Dunn. She is also requesting comments from school principals and administration. See the addendum attached. 5 Education of Traffic Policy and School Committee Policy Update Due to the lateness in receiving the WorldTech Report, LPS transportation policy is a work-in-progress 6 New Business Drafts of potential tax bill inserts were briefly discussed. Ms Celi and Ms Crocker will continue working on their design but the Committee agreed on their content. In order to be ready for the September tax bill,the Selectmen must first approve their content in late August/early September Committee edits have been received for the "illegal passing of school bus displaying its flashing lights" offender form letter The next step is to receive police and School Committee approval. The annual Committee Town Report is due next month. Our next meeting will be TBD if needed before the next scheduled Sept 12 meeting in the Conference Room at Central Administration. Respectively submitted, Judy Crocker