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Lexington School Committee Meeting
Minutes for March 21, 2006
Room 167, Clarke School, Stedman Road, Lexington, MA
Committee Members Present: Mrs. Cohen, Mr. Diaz, Mr. Griffiths, Mrs. Guttag, and
Mr. Sakhuja.
Also present: Superintendent Dr. Paul Ash; Director of Finance and Operations, Ann
Giombetti; and Director of Human Resources, Carol Gregory;
6:12 PM Mrs. Cohen convened the meeting.
Dr. Ash reviewed the document entitled CHRONOLOGY OF ‘AT-RISK’
AND OVERRIDE QESTIONS, 3/21/06.
6:20 PM Mr. Diaz moved and Mr. Sakhuja seconded “The middle section of the
handout (buff colored handout entitled CHRONOLOGY OF ‘AT-RISK’ AND
OVERRIDE QESTIONS, 3/21/06) represents the Committee’s intention on
March 14, 2006.”
Vote: Yes – 4 No-1 Abstain – 0
6:45 PM Mr. Griffiths moved and Mr. Diaz seconded “the school committee budget
of $66,339,858.”
7:25 PM Mrs. Guttag moved and Mrs. Cohen seconded “the total for Question 1
become $2,556,709, and the total for Question 2 become $993,687.”
7:30 PM Mrs. Guttag withdraws her motion.
8:59PM Mr. Griffiths withdrew his motion.
9:00 PM Mr. Diaz moved and Mrs. Guttag seconded “ to ask the Board of
Selectmen to add four questions in the amount of $2,631,709 for Question
1, $551,607 for Question 2, $783,000 for Question 3, and $280,000 for
Question 4 for a total of $65,972,778. The titles and descriptions of these
questions will be left for a later meeting.”
Vote: Yes – 5 No – 0 Abstain - 0
The detailed list for question two was noted by Mr. Diaz as follows:
$234,400 Secondary Unallocated Teachers w/benefits
$ 28,600 Foreign Language Lab aide w/benefits
$ 15,000 Debate Travel
$ 17,720 Art Department Head with benefits
$255,887 Instructional Expenses
9:05 PM Mr. Diaz moved and Mr. Griffiths seconded a motion to adjourn to
executive session for purpose of discussing collective bargaining not to
return to public session.
Roll Call Vote: Mr. Diaz – yes
Mr. Griffiths – yes
Mr. Sakhuja – yes
Mrs. Guttag – yes
Mrs. Cohen – yes