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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-10-01-MMSC-min.pdf 36 . 1 MINUTES OF THE MINUTEMAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OCTOBER 1 , 1974 PRESENT Messrs Bilodeau, Cormier, Courtright, Cron, Hall , Heinrich, Merluzzo, Mrs Smith, Mrs Wales ABSENT Mr Fitzgerald, Mr Kelsey STAFF Mr Sains, Dr Resnick, Mr Essman, Mr Hayward, Ms DellaPenna, Mr O'Reilly, Mr Gibson VISITORS Mr Solito, Press, Mr Peterson and Mr Moses, Softech, Ms Morgan of Wayland The meeting was called to order at 8 15 p m The Minutes of the previous meeting of September 17, 1974, were accepted unanimously TREASURER'S REPORT The Treasurer reported a balance of $83,663 69 in the regular account and $6,518 70 in the construction account PRESENTATION Mr O'Reilly, Audio/Visual Technican, showed a video-tape of different aspects of educational programs The Superintendent- Director indicated that more video-taping would be done and presented to students as well as the School Committee in the future DATA PROCESSING The Superintendent-Director introduced Mr Peterson of Softech who reported to the committee on status of the hiring of a Data Processing Manager, and the status of the Boston University contract Mr Peterson indicated that he would make his re- commendation as to the advisability of continuing with the Boston University contract by the next meeting, and that a re- port put out by Boston University would be mailed to the Committee as soon as possible Mr Moses, also with the Softech firm, indicated that he felt Compunetics would have all business date on-line by December BUILDING COMMITTEE Mr Cron brought members up to date on the progress of the D� Lexington building, stating he felt that adequate forces were not being applied by the contractor, and that curved ci> glass and cabintry tops were still to be delivered He 4)%.\ also indicated that most of the equipment was on site, and that approval had been received from the State for the in- stallation of traffic lights at the entrance to the school 37 R 9 Building Committee cont'd- A motion was made and seconded to transfer federal funds in the amount of $87,937 00 to the construction account Voted unanimously A motion was made and seconded to transfer interest received on Certificate of Deposits in the amount of $113,456 79 into the checking account Voted unanimously The date for a Parents Night was set for October 22, 1974, and the Committee approved of the letter the Superintendent- Director would be mailing to parents announcing same WAYS Mr Hall called for a meeting of the Ways and Means sub-committee AND on Tuesday, October 8, 1974 at 8 00 p m , for a preliminary re- MEANS view of matters of interest to the district EDUCATION Mrs Smith called for a meeting of the Education and Curriculum AND sub-committee for Tuesday, October 29, 1974 at 8 00 p m The CURRICULUM agenda for this meeting will be to review the first 5 weeks of curriculum in operation, how to use experience gained during that period into next 5 week cycle, general evaluation and procedures to date, second year curriculum plans and to review the Special Needs program to date Mrs Smith indicated that faculty members and Student Program Coordinators were welcome if they should wish to attend this meeting POLICY The committee reviewed the proposed draft of the By-Law Revision pertaining to Agenda of School Committee meetings The final draft is to be presented at the next meeting, October 15, 1974 An amendment to the Supporting Personnel Policies regarding a review after the first six months of employment, _wasre- ferred to the Policy sub-committee for recommendation REGIONAL Dr Resnick announced that he will be meeting with other re- PLANNING gional committees in the next week or two SUPERINTENDENT The Superintendnet-Director gave a report on the status of the DIRECTOR'S school to date REPORT Members asked that the Superintendent notify them as soon as possible when a suspension or serious accident has taken place involving a student from their town Dr Resnick presented the new schedule for next 5 week cycle, first explaining the problems that had arisen with schedule for the first 5 weeks and how changes had been made to alleviate these problems 38 C a Superintendent-Director's Report cont'd Upon recommendation of the Superintendent-Director, the Committee moved and seconded the motion to extend sick leave for Dr Ricciuti ten days Voted unanimously It was moved and seconded to accept the Superintendent- Director's Revised Goals and Objectives, 1974-1975 with the following correction Page 3, Paragraph (b) The format for the reporting system will be presented on October 1 , with schedule for complete development of the student assessment system. Voted unanimously It was moved and seconded to allow the use of the Lexington School building facilities on June 12, 13, and 14, 1975, for the Minuteman Blood Drive being sponsored by Minuteman Publica- tions of Lexington for the benefit of those residents of the Minuteman area Voted, with one abstension PERSONNEL Upon recommendation of the Superintendent-Director, the Com- mittee voted to appoint the following staff members Judythe Lokich, Communications/Human Relations, at the rate of $12,500 00 per annum, commencing October 2, 1974 for the contract year ending June 30, 1975 Voted, with one in opposition Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent-Director a motion was moved and seconded to accept the resignation of Robert Silva, Science,effective October 24, 1974 Voted unanimously Upon recommendation of the Superintendent-Director,a motion was moved and seconded to accept the resignation of Nina Fishman, Communications/Human Relations, effective October 15, 1974 Voted unanimously The meeting adjourned at 11 30 p m. to be reconvened in Executive Session Respectfully submitted, ��//Temporary Secretary