HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-03-07-SEPAC-min Lexington Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC)
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