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OPEN SESSION MINUTES
MINUTEMAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING
MARCH 5,2013 6 00 PM
PAUL REVERE ROOM,MINUTEMAN HIGH SCHOOL
Present:
Alice DeLuca,Chair(Stow) Kemon Taschioglou(Lincoln)
Jeff Stulin,Vice-Chair(Needham) Laura Morrissette(Arlington)
Came Flood, Secretary(Concord) Dore Hunter(Acton)
Ford Spalding(Dover) Jack Weis(Belmont)(arrived at 6 12pm)
Cheryl Mahoney(Boxborough) Mary Ellen Castagno(Wayland)
Bella Wong(Weston) David Horton(Lexington)
David Manjarrez(Sudbury) Daniel Mazzola(Lancaster)
Absent. Don Rober(Carlisle),David O'Connor(Bolton), Superintendent Ed Bouquillon
Others Present Michelle McNulty,Attorney,Elizabeth Rozan,Diane Dempsey,Gene DiPaolo, Sheila Nagle
1. CALL TO ORDER. OPEN SESSION
The meeting was called to order at 6 05 pm A member notified the Chair,and it was acknowledged,that he was
recording the meeting The Chair clarified that the purpose of the Executive Session of the School Committee held
on February 12,2013 had been an executive session pursuant to Purpose 2(M G L c 30A, §21 (a)(2))to conduct
strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations,including contract negotiations,with certain nonunion personnel,
namely,Dr Edward Bouquillon,the District Superintendent She explained that since the original posting for that
meeting did not include the words namely,Dr Edward Bouquillon, the District Superintendent, the meeting has
been reposted and will be reenacted,if the School Committee chooses to enter Executive Session A question was
raised about reversing the order of the items to be addressed in Executive Session,and the attorney clarified that it
was necessary to vote to go into Executive Session first The Chair made a request that if any member sees anything
in the notification of meetings that he/she feels is not correct,to please assist her in making sure that the language
and procedures are proper by calling it to her attention as soon as possible She then asked for a vote to enter
Executive Session,with Attorney McNulty and Ms Rozan remaining present,and the Committee not returning to
Open Session After she read the reasons outlined on the agenda,the following roll call vote was taken
ACTION 2013#30
Moved(Stulin)and seconded(Spalding)
To enter Executive Session,with Attorney McNulty and Ms Rozan remaining present and the Committee
not returning to Open Session for the following reasons
a Pursuant to Purpose 2(M G L c 30A, §21 (a)(2))to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for
negotiations,including contract negotiations,with certain nonunion personnel,namely,Dr Edward
Bouquillon,the District Superintendent,and
b Pursuant to Purpose 1 (M G L c 30A, §21 (a)(1))to consider new complaints or charges pursuant to the
Open Meeting Law against a public officer,employee,staff member,or individual and developments
related to such complaints or charges and pursuant to Purpose 7(M G L c 30A, Section 21(a)(7) ) to
comply with or act under the authority of a Massachusetts General Law by receiving legal advice from
counsel protected from disclosure under Massachusetts General Law with the relevant citations of law
being MGL c 4,Section 7,clause twenty-sixth,MGL c 30A,s 21 (a)(1), and MGL c 30A, Section
22(f),and MGL c 214 s 1B,and
c Pursuant to Purpose 1 (M G L C 30A,s 21 (a)(1)),to consider complaints or charges against a public
officer,employee,staff member,or individual,which may constitute new complaints or charges or which
may include or constitute the continued consideration of complaints or charges previously made against
such public officer,employee, staff member,or individual,and developments or follow up actions related
to the same,and pursuant to Purpose 7(M G L c 30A,Section21(a)(7) ) to comply with or act under the
authority of a Massachusetts General Law by receiving legal advice from counsel protected from disclosure
under Massachusetts General Law with the relevant citations of law being MGL c 4, Section 7,clause
twenty-sixth,MGL c 30A,s 21 (a)(1),MGL c 30A, Section 22(f),and MGL c 214,s 1B,and
d Pursuant to MGL c 30A, s 22 (f)to review, amend, finalize, and approve minutes from
Executive Session of the Committee held on 11 13 12 and 11 27 12, 12 18 12, 1 8 13, 2 5 13 and
2 12 13, and to determine whether continued non-disclosure of such minutes is appropriate
Mazzola yes Flood yes
Horton yes Stulin yes
Castagno no DeLuca yes
Weis yes Spalding yes
Hunter yes Mahoney yes
Mornssette yes Wong yes
Taschioglou yes Manjarrez no
Vote 12 in favor,2 opposed(with 14 members present)
The member recording the meeting noted that he was turning off his recording device
3. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned from the Executive Session at 10 15 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Elizabeth Rozan Carrie Flood
District School Committee Assistant Secretary