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Lexington Special Education Parent Teacher Association (SEPTA)
Business Meeting Minutes
March 7, 2017
Attendees: Jennifer Yaar, Kathy Cunningham, Robin Abrams, Ann Wolf, Lisa O'Brien, Bettina
McGimsey, Mona Roy, Barbara White
Location: Lexington Community Center, Room 237
Call to order: 9:06 am
Adjourned: 10:25 am
Approvals
• Minutes from 1/10/17 Business Meeting were unanimously approved.
Reports of Officers
• Treasurer Report:
o As of the end of February, our balance is $4,328
o In January, we collected one membership and bank interest for a total of $24.05. No
expenses in January.
o In February, we collected 4 memberships and bank interest for a total of $72.27.
o Outstanding expenses for February include:
■ $82 misc meeting expenses
■ $200 Honorarium check for Nadine Gaab - speaker for Dyslexia group in April.
• Membership report: there are currently 100 SEPAC/SEPTA members
Other Business
• Bettina McGimsey provided an update on the Dyslexia Task Force from the presentation by
Ellen Sugita and Kelly Chase to the School Committee.
o 36k has been allocated to fund two pilot programs for early screening (Bowman will
pilot the program in the 2017-2018 school year).
o Second pilot is scheduled for Bridge kindergarten screening using Predictive Assessment
of Reading (PAR) with pre -k students to flag issues prior to kindergarten.
o LPS will continue to do training for Landmark/Math, Wilson, and Orton -Gillingham.
o Dyslexia Task Force will meet again in May.
o First Peer -to -Peer Mentoring meeting was a success -10 kids and mentors met,
organizers hope this event will be repeated.
o Over 108 teachers have completed voluntary dyslexia training.
• Team discussed doing an update on the listsery for SEPAC/SEPTA news, to be posted on the
listsery and possibly the Minuteman.
• Team discussed end -of -year appreciation and budgets—team agreed to $100 for elementary
and middle school, and additional funds for the high school—most likely $200, but to be
determined by Barbara.