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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFINAL School Committee Minutes January 26 2021.pdf FINAL January 26,2021 MINUTES MINUTEMAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDDGET HEARING AND REGULAR SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING JANUARY 26, 2021 6 30 PM Present. Pam Nourse, Chair(Acton) Jeff Stulin, Vice-Chair(Needham) Alice DeLuca, Secretary(Stow) Michael Ruderman(Arlington) Steve LeDoux(Concord) Ford Spalding(Dover) Jennifer Leone(Lancaster) Judith Crocker(Lexington) Dave O'Connor(Bolton) Absent: None Weighted Vote: Weighted Vote present at start of meeting 77 56% Others Present. Dr Bouquillon, Dr Perreault, George Clement and Julia Pisegna Historical note This is the second calendar year of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic Operating schools during the pandemic continues to underscore all school decisions nationwide BUDGET HEARING ON PROPOSED FY22 BUDGET 1 CALL TO ORDER OPEN SESSION The Chair called the Budget Hearing on the proposed FY22 Budget to order at 6 30 p m 2 ADOPTION OF REMOTE PARTICIPATION VOTE To adopt remote participation by all members of the Minuteman School Committee pursuant to and in accordance with Sections(2)and(3)of the Executive Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law made by the Governor of Massachusetts on March 12, 2020, such adoption to be effective until said Executive Order is rescinded or the Commonwealth's State of Emergency as referenced in said Executive Order, is terminated, whichever happens first ACTION 2021 #138 Moved(Leone)and seconded (Ruderman) To approve remote participation VOTE 7 members in room at time of vote Weighted Vote present 77.56% Weight needed > 37 78% Names of towns opposing or abstaining none Final percentage results of vote 77 56% Final status of the vote. Unanimous 1 036 Roll Call. Pam Nourse(Acton)(Yes) Michael Ruderman(Arlington)(Yes) Dave O'Connor(Bolton)(Yes) Steve LeDoux(Concord)(Yes) Ford Spalding(Dover) (Yes) Jennifer Leone(Lancaster)(Yes) Alice DeLuca, Secretary(Stow)(Yes) The Chair reviewed the procedures for the meeting as follows first will be the budget presentation,followed by a question-and-answer session from the public. The Chair directed all participants with a question to proceed to the chat, identify themselves and add their questions for that portion of the meeting (Ms Crocker entered the meeting at 6 36 p m) (Mr Stuhn entered the meeting at 6 36 p m) Dr Bouquillon presented the PowerPoint presentation on the FY22 budget entitled "Preparing for Reality" He highlighted the funding priorities for the upcoming budget in the COVID environment,the addition of the Animal Science/Veterinarian Assisting Program, Logistics Engineering expansion, increased enrollment, FY22 assumptions, which included some sort of COVID during the fall of 2021 to include the continuation to some extent of remote learning, safety and health measures remaining in place He described the budget summary with an FY22 operating request of$20,731,416 which reflects a 2 4% increase above FY21,FY22 capital request in the amount of$1,134,679 which reflects a 68%increase above FY21, and an FY22 project debt of$5,774,493 which reflects an increase of 26 3% above FY21 He noted the overall budget summary FY22 operating and capital request in the amount of$27,640,588 which reflects an 8 4% increase above FY21 including capital, and an FY22 assessment to members in the amount of $19,461,392 which reflects an increase of 12 3% increase above FY21 Dr Bouquillon shared the FY22 operating budget drivers, such as salary COLA increase in the amount of $313,629(2 25%),electrical and heat utility increase in the amount of$76,386,increase in property insurance in the amount of$44,744, a decrease in health insurance in the amount of-$181,781 which reflects a 7%to net FTE reduction, as well as a decrease in transportation costs of-$44,785 which reflects a 3% under the FY21 budgeted amount He further discussed admissions and enrollment noting that he expects the student count to reach approximately 670-680 next year To date, 242 in district applications have been received, 51 eligible out of district applications and 23 ineligible applications for a total of 316 applications for approximately 190-200 spots in the freshman class He shared that while we are enjoying a tremendous amount of interest in Minuteman,we want to be able to maintain that level of interest and priorities have been added to the budget to include increased enrollment and admissions, as well as cost effectively increasing enrollment with the building we now have He noted that special education enrollment is significant with approximately 46%of our students on IEP's Dr Bouquillon reported the capital budget for FY22 items and highlighted the operating budget and noted that the debt payments peak in FY22 He discussed capital debt components,capital equipment/leases/athletic fields, school building project debt service, and the capitalization stabilization fund which the School Committee established some time ago The District continues to contribute to that fund in the amount of $260,000 to support increased capacity plans 2 037 He then reviewed the athletic fields project and included the project timeline for site and base work, construction and the substantial completion date of October 2021,as well as the sustainability of the$168,000 annual supplemental allocation to the stabilization fund from the field rental revolving account for the 10- year synthetic turf replacement cycle He discussed the FY22-25 revenue considerations and strategies to address increased enrollment capacity and Increased utilization of current year revenues to provide reductions in member assessment, revenue for non- member tuition and fees, noting that the current FY21 rate is $18,400 The FY21 capital fee revenue from non-member towns with fewer than 5 Chapter 74 program equals $7,778 per student, and for cities/towns with 5 or more Chapter 74 programs,the amount equals $5,834 per student He noted that revenues collected in FY21 and FY22 will be used to offset the debt service assessments to member towns in the FY22 budget The annual calculations from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education are expected to be announced in March Benchmarking Dr Bouquillon then provided information on how much the District spends compared to member district schools and a breakdown per member Town, and shared that we live in a District that invests in its educational resources, including Minuteman He also showed a breakdown of other vocational schools in the area and included the special education expenditures percentage of the budget for these local vocational schools He proudly shared the 2019 MCAS score comparison of Minuteman and other regional vocational schools reporting Minuteman at the top of the list with a score of 68 b Public Comment on Proposed FY22 Budget Dr Bouquillon responded to one question on the chat about the proposed FY22 budget, and whether the capital spending increase was anticipated Dr Bouquillon confirmed that it was expected, and the building project capital increase was projected approximately 5-6 years ago He noted that those projections have not changed much at all, and Towns were made aware of this He noted that the first payment in the amount of $197,000 for the lights on the three synthetic fields came in late during the budget preparation process He responded to a second question of whether the total amount is the same for the multi-year plan,dust a shift in timing for the lights Dr Bouquillon shared that the total amount of the capital debt changes every year, with a peak in FY22, decrease in FY23 and FY24, and continues with a decline each subsequent year 3 ADJOURNMENT There being no further business,the following vote was then taken. ACTION 2021 #139 Moved(Leone) and seconded(Ruderman) To adjourn the Budget Hearing on the Proposed FY22 budget at 6 52 p m VOTE• 9 members in room at time of vote Weighted Vote present 100% Weight needed > 50% Names of towns opposing or abstaining. none Final percentage results of vote. 100% Final status of the vote Unanimous Roll Call Pam Nourse(Acton)(Yes) Michael Ruderman(Arlington)(Yes) Dave O'Connor(Bolton)(Yes) 3 038 Steve LeDoux(Concord)(Yes) Ford Spalding(Dover) (Yes) Jennifer Leone (Lancaster)(Yes) Judith Crocker(Lexington)(Yes) Jeff Stulin,Vice-Chair(Needham)(Yes) Alice DeLuca, Secretary(Stow)(Yes) The Chair noted that we will be ending the Budget Hearing and reconvening for the School Committee meeting at 7 00 p m REGULAR MEETING 1 CALL TO ORDER. OPEN SESSION The Chair called the regular meeting to order immediately following the adjournment of the Budget Hearing at 7 02 PM 2. ADOPTION OF REMOTE PARTICIPATION VOTE To adopt remote participation by all members of the Minuteman School Committee pursuant to and in accordance with Sections(2)and(3)of the Executive Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law made by the Governor of Massachusetts on March 12,2020, such adoption to be effective until said Executive Order is rescinded or the Commonwealth's State of Emergency as referenced in said Executive Order, is terminated, whichever happens first. ACTION 2021 #140 Moved(Leone)and seconded(O'Connor) To approve remote participation VOTE 9 members in room at time of vote Weighted Vote present. 100% Weight needed > 50% Names of towns opposing or abstaining. none Final percentage results of vote 100% Final status of the vote Unanimous Roll Call Pam Nourse(Acton)(Yes) Michael Ruderman(Arlington) (Yes) Dave O'Connor(Bolton)(Yes) Steve LeDoux(Concord)(Yes) Ford Spalding(Dover)(Yes) Jennifer Leone (Lancaster)(Yes) Judith Crocker(Lexington)(Yes) Jeff Stulm, Vice-Chair(Needham)(Yes) Alice DeLuca, Secretary(Stow)(Yes) 4 039 3 PUBLIC COMMENT There was no Public Comment previously forwarded to the Superintendent or via meeting chat. 4 CHAIR'S REPORT, Pam Nourse a Comments for the Good of the Organization Ms DeLuca shared that she attended the recent Vocational and Technical Advisory meeting at the State level where the group continues to address the issue of admissions She also mentioned that they will be discussing exploratory in the near future 5. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT,Dr Edward Bouquillon a School Building Committee Update—Ford Spalding Mr Spalding updated the Committee on the school building project and noted that Dow continues to work on some of the last minor open items, such as the roof leak On the athletic fields, the Town of Lincoln Conservation Committee and Cambridge Water have reached an agreement with regards to the trees that can be taken down, and that work has been completed He expects that work will slow down at this time due to the frost outdoors He reported that the School Building Committee will soon make their final vote accepting the add alternates and Mr Mahoney will then begin the bonding for these add alternates Ms Leone inquired about the interest rates, and Mr Mahoney shared that he has been working with UniBank Fiscal Advisors to complete the bonding in March-April due to the document preparation that is needed,but that is being expedited due to the current interest rate climate i Approval of the Solect Energy Contract VOTE: To approve the contract with Solect Energy and authorize the Superintendent to sign ACTION 2021 #141 Moved(Spalding)and seconded(Ledoux) To approve the contract with Solect Energy and authorize the Superintendent to sign Mr Stulin asked for confirmation on who read the contract thoroughly for all issues that may rise in the future, and Dr Bouquillon confirmed that the contract was vetted by Beth Greenblatt, energy consultant to the District,Attorney Peter Summers, and a special attorney who dealt with Solect Energy directly and resolved any concerns of the District Dr Bouquillon noted that the value of the kilowatt hour moved approximately a half of 1/10 of one cent which was a benefit to Minuteman, and issues regarding snow removal were resolved VOTE 9 members in room at time of vote Weighted Vote present 100% Weight needed > 50% Names of towns opposing or abstaining none Final percentage results of vote 100% Final status of the vote Unanimous Roll Call Pam Nourse(Acton)(Yes) Michael Ruderman(Arlington)(Yes) Dave O'Connor(Bolton)(Yes) Steve LeDoux(Concord)(Yes) Ford Spalding(Dover) (Yes) Jennifer Leone(Lancaster)(Yes) Judith Crocker(Lexington)(Yes) 5 040 Jeff Stulin,Vice-Chair(Needham)(Yes) Alice DeLuca, Secretary(Stow)(Yes) b Increasing In-Person Learning Adaptations to Our Hybrid Model Dr. Bouquillon presented a PowerPoint presentation on the Hybrid Learning Model — Increasing In-Person Learning—"Building on What is Working"and shared that Minuteman has had a remarkable run surrounding COVID with zero transmissions from in-school activities and that is due to staff and students following all the guidelines, parents keeping their children home if exhibiting any symptoms, and the incredible work of the school nurses who probably spend 4-5 hours a day doing contract tracing for anyone suspected of COVID symptoms He provided an overview for adding another grade for in-person academics beginning February 8, 2021, which allows for time to make any changes to the schedule during the week of vacation He noted that the plan of having two grades remote and two grades in-person has been reviewed with the Minuteman Parent Association and the Minuteman Faculty Association, and that the final details are being worked out He reviewed the general schedule for academics including class time, lunch schedules,time between classes, and the newly added facilitated support time, no rotating block schedule and no advisory The District will continue to follow all Depai tiiient of Elementary and Secondary Education and CDC guidelines for COVID Dr Bouquillon also mentioned that an additional bus would be needed for Arlington, as the busses can only accommodate 24-27 students, and shared that it is appropriate for the District to reimburse parents, at the federal reimbursement rate,who drive their children or others to school, and that the District will be paid by the State as part of our regional transportation expenditures He added that any teacher who needs additional accommodations can speak to the Superintendent, and that parents also have the option of keeping their student home for full remote learning Mr Stulin shared his experience in Newton and Needham schools He shared that due to Minuteman's class size and the size of the building, the complications are fewer and the plan is very doable He expressed his appreciation for all the planning from the staff and the administration to make this work and he feels comfortable voting for this Ms. Nourse asked for an overview of the meeting with the Minuteman Parents Association, and Dr Bouquillon shared that there were concerns and questions regarding the details of the plan,and that the parents were very positive and expressed their desire to get their student more in-person learning He feels questions will be answered next week He mentioned he is also working on a group of at-risk students who might be failing due to attendance and he would like to see them in the building every day He noted there were also questions regarding the vaccine and hopes that we will be included in the earlier part of Phase 2 There were question about testing, and the variety of testing available remains problematic due the potential cascading effects of pooled testing with 25 samples at a time Ms. Crocker thanked all those involved in planning for increased in-person learning She asked about reimbursement for car-pooling and whether there was any liability to the school, including CORI checks Dr Bouquillon responded that being a regional school district, we receive regional transportation aid He said that information came from Bill Bell, the Chief Financial Officer for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education stating that regional schools could reimburse parents and then submit those expenditures as part of the District's regional reimbursement submission at the end of the year Ms Nourse thanked the staff and administration for all their hard work. Dr. Bouquillon shared that he is excited to get more students back into the building Ms DeLuca commented that she has full confidence and that due to the previous track record of getting 25% of the students back in the building,the District will be able to problem-solve and adjust as we go along in the process 6 041 Ms.Nourse noted that there was a question in the chat Dr Bouquillon read the question — if one person tested positive after being in school, is the entire grade considered close contacts, and Dr Bouquillon responded no, as it would depend on where that student was and what classes the student was in Any close contacts would be notified and would then be tested or isolated, which is no different than what we have been doing 6 DIRECTOR OF FINANCE'S REPORT, Dr Robert Gerardi a Finance Subcommittee Update—Steve Ledoux Mr Ledoux shared that the Finance Committee met and reviewed the final draft of the Superintendent's budget presentation and the Committee unanimously supports the budget as proposed b Approval of FY22 Budget, Preliminary Assessments and Use of E&D VOTE: To authorize $540,000 from the certified E&D to reduce member town assessments for the FY22 budget Ms Leone asked what the current amount of the E&D total, and Dr Gerardi responded that it is just over $700,000 ACTION 2021 #142 Moved(Ledoux)and seconded (Stulin) To approve the authorization of$540,000 from the certified E&D to reduce member town assessments for the FY22 budget, as presented VOTE 9 members in room at time of vote Weighted Vote present 100% Weight needed > 50% Names of towns opposing or abstaining none Final percentage results of vote 100% Final status of the vote Unanimous Roll Call. Pam Nourse(Acton)(Yes) Michael Ruderman(Arlington)(Yes) Dave O'Connor(Bolton)(Yes) Steve LeDoux(Concord)(Yes) Ford Spalding(Dover)(Yes) Jennifer Leone(Lancaster)(Yes) Judith Crocker(Lexington)(Yes) Jeff Stulin,Vice-Chair(Needham)(Yes) Alice DeLuca, Secretary(Stow)(Yes) VOTE. To approve the FY22 Budget of$27,640,588, as presented ACTION 2021 #143 Moved(Ledoux)and seconded(Leone) To approve the FY22 Budget of$27,640,588, as presented VOTE 9 members in room at time of vote Weighted Vote present 100% Weight needed > 50% Names of towns opposing or abstaining none 7 042 Final percentage results of vote. 100% Final status of the vote Unanimous Roll Call Pam Nourse(Acton)(Yes) Michael Ruderman(Arlington)(Yes) Dave O'Connor(Bolton)(Yes) Steve LeDoux(Concord)(Yes) Ford Spalding (Dover) (Yes) Jennifer Leone (Lancaster)(Yes) Judith Crocker(Lexington)(Yes) Jeff Stulin, Vice-Chair(Needham)(Yes) Alice DeLuca, Secretary(Stow)(Yes) Mr Ruderman suggested that in the final slide with the overall budget and the number being assessed to the Towns, he expects people to inquire as to the difference, and asked that for the budget presentations at Town meetings that the information of how the numbers balance out be included in the last slide Ms Nourse thanked Mr Ruderman for the suggestion Ms DeLuca shared that she has forwarded the presentation to a member of the Board of Selectman who is liaison from Stow to Minuteman and the Town Manager and asked for questions,and she did not receive any questions VOTE: To approve the FY22 Preliminary Assessments of$19,461,392, as presented ACTION 2021 #144 Moved(Ledoux)and seconded(Leone) To approve the FY22 Preliminary Assessments of$19,461,392, as presented Mr Stulin thanked Dr Bouquillon, members of the administration, and members of the Finance Subcommittee for their work on the budget this year and noted the number of challenges to this year's budget, such as the pandemic, new building, unexpected electrical costs, building project, the fields, the lighting for the fields He said that due to the groundwork and the quality of the presentation, the budget was much easier to digest and explain in this particularly difficult year Ms DeLuca remarked that once the assessment is voted on, it cannot be increased,but only decreased, and that there is a line drawn in the sand with this vote VOTE 9 members in room at time of vote Weighted Vote present 100% Weight needed.> 50% Names of towns opposing or abstaining none Final percentage results of vote 100% Final status of the vote Unanimous Roll Call Pam Nourse(Acton)(Yes) Michael Ruderman(Arlington)(Yes) Dave O'Connor(Bolton)(Yes) Steve LeDoux(Concord)(Yes) Ford Spalding(Dover)(Yes) Jennifer Leone(Lancaster)(Yes) 8 043 Judith Crocker(Lexington)(Yes) Jeff Stulin, Vice-Chair(Needham)(Yes) Alice DeLuca, Secretary(Stow)(Yes) Ms Nourse thanked the members of the Finance Committee for all their hard work. 7 SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS a a. Policy Subcommittee—Alice DeLuca Ms DeLuca presented the following three policies for second read. 1. Policies for Review Homeless Students Enrollment Rights and Services—Policy JFABD VOTE: To approve the Homeless Students. Enrollment Rights and Services—Policy JFABD for second reading, as presented ii Educational Opportunities for Military Children—Policy JFABE VOTE: To approve the Educational Opportunities for Military Children— Policy JFABE for second reading, as presented iii Educational Opportunities for Children in Foster Care—Policy JFABF VOTE: To approve the Educational Opportunities for Children in Foster Care Policy JFABF for second reading, as presented ACTION 2021 #145 Moved(Leone)and seconded(Crocker) To approve the Homeless Students Enrollment Rights and Services—Policy JFABD, Educational Opportunities for Military Children—Policy JFABE, and Educational Opportunities for Children in Foster Care—Policy JFABF for second read, as presented VOTE. 9 members in room at time of vote Weighted Vote present. 100% Weight needed > 50% Names of towns opposing or abstaining. none Final percentage results of vote 100% Final status of the vote Unanimous Roll Call Pam Nourse(Acton)(Yes) Michael Ruderman(Arlington)(Yes) Dave O'Connor(Bolton)(Yes) Steve LeDoux(Concord)(Yes) Ford Spalding(Dover) (Yes) Jennifer Leone(Lancaster)(Yes) Judith Crocker(Lexington)(Yes) Jeff Stulm,Vice-Chair(Needham)(Yes) Alice DeLuca, Secretary(Stow)(Yes) iv Homeless Students- Policy JFABD VOTE: To approve the removal of the old version of Homeless Students—Policy JFABD 9 044 ACTION 2021 #146 Moved(Leone)and seconded(Crocker) To approve the removal of Homeless Students—Policy JFABD for second read, as presented VOTE 9 members in room at time of vote Weighted Vote present. 100% Weight needed > 50% Names of towns opposing or abstaining. none Final percentage results of vote 100% Final status of the vote Unanimous Roll Call 147 Pam Nourse(Acton)(Yes) Michael Ruderman(Arlington) (Yes) Dave O'Connor(Bolton) Steve LeDoux(Concord)(Yes) Ford Spalding(Dover)(Yes) Jennifer Leone(Lancaster)(Yes) Judith Crocker(Lexington)(Yes) Jeff Stulin,Vice-Chair(Needham)(Yes) Alice DeLuca, Secretary(Stow)(Yes) Ms DeLuca noted that she will be bringing Policy BEDH—Public Participation at School Committee meetings at the next scheduled School Committee meeting b Strategic Planning Task Force Update—Ford Spalding Mr Spalding shared that the subcommittee recommends that the group continue the work of the School Committee retreat and suggested a second retreat, to be scheduled for a Saturday in March, for the purpose of continuing to define our leadership goals for the Minuteman School Committee to consider. He recommended engaging Jeff Lawrence of Organizational Agility Advisors to assist and lead the retreat, and shared that he is currently working with the Executive Team and the Superintendent on leadership, he is very engaging, a strong believer in vocational education, a real proponent of Minuteman, and will be of great help to the Committee The fee for Mr Lawrence's service is $5,000 which has been approved by the administration and no motion is needed. At this time, the Strategic Planning Subcommittee will begin work with Mr Lawrence and further details on the retreat will be forthcoming Mr. Spalding expressed his enthusiasm and excitement for the process Ms Crocker requested that a Doodle poll or other poll be sent out to select a date for the retreat. Mr Ruderman inquired about the expected time commitment Mr Spalding estimated 4-5 hours. Dr Bouquillon suggested that Ms. Pisegna could also ask for school committee input on virtual vs in-person meetings, depending on what questions the subcommittee chooses to ask. Ms Nourse noted there would be breaks during the retreat. 8 SECRETARY'S REPORT,Alice DeLuca a None 9 EXECUTIVE SESSION VOTE. The Chair began to read the call for Executive Session, but Dr Bouquillon noted in his opinion there is not a need for an executive session 10 045 After discussion, it was decided that Executive Session was not needed Ms Leone noted that due the discussion at the previous Executive Session, she approves moving forward with the vote VOTE. To approve contract extension with nonunion personnel,namely the Superintendent- Director, Dr Edward Bouquillon ACTION 2021 #148 Moved(Leone)and seconded(DeLuca) To approve contract extension with non-union personnel,namely the Superintendent-Director, Dr Edward Bouquillon, as presented Dr Bouquillon noted that the extension would be entered into the minutes and be in the public record Ms Leone noted that in light of all the events taking place at this time, rather than proceeding with the full contract negotiation process, we would do a one-year extension and noted that the contract does not change, but rather this is a one-year addendum of an additional year Dr Bouquillon shared that he was deeply appreciative Mr Stulin expressed that it is very easy for him to approve this item and he is very pleased with Dr Bouquillon and his staff handling of COVID, and he is very impressed that under Dr Bouquillon's leadership,the District has moved forward on a number of significant items relative to the future of the school, such as the athletic field lighting and the work being undertaken to increase the capacity of the school for a very low fee He thanked Ms Leone for bringing this item forward so smoothly, and he is very happy to vote yes Ms DeLuca shared that she is very happy to vote yes on this, especially in light of building the new school, then having to close the school during a pandemic,then operating through the pandemic,and working on how to expand enrollment and take care of the kids on the waitlist Ms Nourse also thanked Dr Bouquillon for his leadership, especially with so many issues going on at once Ms DeLuca also acknowledged the wonderful staff that Dr Bouquillon has and that it is a team effort. VOTE• 9 members in room at time of vote Weighted Vote present 100% Weight needed. > 50% Names of towns opposing or abstaining none Final percentage results of vote. 100% Final status of the vote Unanimous Roll Call Pam Nourse(Acton)(Yes) Michael Ruderman (Arlington)(Yes) Dave O'Connor(Bolton)(Yes) Steve LeDoux(Concord)(Yes) Ford Spalding(Dover)(Yes) Jennifer Leone(Lancaster)(Yes) Judith Crocker(Lexington)(Yes) Jeff Stulin, Vice-Chair(Needham)(Yes) Alice DeLuca, Secretary(Stow)(Yes) Dr Bouquillon thanked the School Committee, and the staff, and noted that this is a remarkable time for many reasons 11 046 10 ADJOURNMENT There being no further business,the School Committee took the following vote ACTION 2021 #149 Moved(Leone)and seconded (Spalding) To adjourn the meeting at 7 51 p.m VOTE: 9 members in room at time of vote Weighted Vote present 100% Weight needed > 50% Names of towns opposing or abstaining. none Final percentage results of vote 100% Final status of the vote Unanimous Roll Call Pam Nourse(Acton)(Yes) Michael Ruderman(Arlington)(Yes) Dave O'Connor(Bolton)(Yes) Steve LeDoux(Concord)(Yes) Ford Spalding(Dover)(Yes) Jennifer Leone(Lancaster)(Yes) Judith Crocker(Lexington)(Yes) Jeff Stulin, Vice-Chair(Needham)(Yes) Alice DeLuca, Secretary(Stow)(Yes) Respectfully submitted, Julia Pisegna Alice Deluca District Assistant Secretary 12 047 MINUTEMAN REGIONAL TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AMENDMENT A WHEREAS, the School Committee of the Minuteman Regional Technical School District (hereinafter referred to as the"Committee"), and Edward A Bouquillon,Ph.D., its Superintendent of Schools, (hereinafter referred to as "Superintendent") are party to an Employment Contract for the period of July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021 (hereinafter referred to as the "2018-2021 Employment Contract"), and, WHEREAS,the 2018-2021 Employment Contract contains a provision at Section 19 allowing for renegotiation of its terms by mutual consent,provided any resulting amendment shall be in writing, signed by the Parties and attached to the original Employment Contract, and, WHEREAS, Committee and the Superintendent wish to extend the terms of the 2018-2021 Employment Agreement and have met and negotiated over same, NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises herein contained, the Parties hereto mutually agree as follows. 1 The Employment Contract between the Committee and the Superintendent for the period of July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021 shall remain in full force and effect, except as otherwise modified herein 2 The term of the Employment Contract is hereby extended for an additional one (1) year period commencing July 1, 2021 and ending June 30, 2022 3 Effective July 1,2021,the Superintendent's annual salary shall be Two Hundred Seventeen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and No Cents($217,500 00),payable in equal installments during the period of his employment, at intervals consistent with the normal payroll practices applicable to all employees of the Minuteman Regional Vocational School District. 4 This Amendment may be executed in two (2) counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which taken together shall be deemed one and the same instrument. Any proof of this Amendment shall require production of only one such counterpart duly executed by the Party to be charged therewith The Parties agree that electronic signatures and/or signatures by fax and/or scanned and sent via email are acceptable as originals. 048 IN WITNESS WHERE OF,the Parties have hereunto signed and sealed this Amendment on this 12th day of January 2021 MINUTEMAN REGIONAL TECHNICAL EDWARD A. BOUQUILLON VOCATIONAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE Pam Norse (Acton) Michael Ruderman (Arlington) David O'Connor (Bolton) Steven Ledoux (Concord) Ford Spalding (Dover) Jennifer Leone (Lancaster) Judith Crocker (Lexington) Jeff Stulin (Needham) Alice DeLuca (Stow) 2 049