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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-05-07-MMTECH-min.pdf 6 --",- 2, ko MINUTES OF THE MINUTEMAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT May 7, 1974 PRESENT Mmes Smith and Wales Messrs Bilodeau, Courtright, Cron, 1 Fitzgerald, Hall , Morse ABSENT Messrs Cormier, Heinrich, Kelsey, Merluzzo VISITORS Mr Chasan (Staff) , Mr Flynn (Hampden Engineering) , Ms Monaco (Press) , Mr Solito (Press) 7 MINUTEMAN Superintendent-Director, Assistant Superintendent ADMINISTRATION The meeting was called to order by the Chairman at 8 25 p.m Minutes of the previous meeting were accepted, with the following corrections 1 1st page - substitute the following for the 5th paragraph I "There was consensus as to the criteria on which curriculum materials I would be assessed 1 Content of program a 4-year goals b 1-year goals c 5-week goals 2 Relation to other disciplines or areas 3 Evaluation and assessment of learning achieved 4 Teaching strategies 5 Details of curriculum and educational process as it goes along 1-3 will be submitted to the full committee for formal approval 4-5 will be monitored by the Education and Curriculum Subcommittee and reported on, as and when appropriate, to the full committee " 2 2nd page - 1st line substitute "mitted in response to the re- quest for data processing proposals dated" The Treasurer reported a regular account balance of $4,843 66 and a construction account balance of $3,933 46 There was consensus on authorizing the Building Subcommittee to proceeed j to dispose of the house on the site f All computer bids have been formally rejected and the vendors notified that new, tighter bid specifications will be available May 13 Advertise- ment for bids will appear in the Boston Globe on May 12 Te bidders' con- ference will be held on May 15, and bids will be opened on May 22 The Superintendent-Director will extend appreciation for assistance in preparing the new specifications to Mr Hill of Raytheon Jur t 1974 1 7 The Committee voted unanimously to award contracts to the following bidders; Amount Section Item Company of bid 28 Library Books Bro-Dar $16,000 00 20 Furniture & Accessories Jackson Chair 881 40 20 Office Furniture Peabody 5,903 00 05 Basic Electricity Mackesy 14,404 96 06 Introductory Electronics Mackesy 6,750 00 07 Appliance Repair Mackesy 3,120 36 08 Power Mechanics Mackesy 622 50 08 Power Mechanics Megatech 6, 162 00 09 Electronics Mackesy 43,766 52 10 Motor Generator Mackesy 4,220 42 ii instrumentation Mackesy 9,193 00 12 Refrigerating, Heating and Air conditioning Mackesy 8,522 50 ;$119,546 66 The Education and Curriculum Subcommittee Chairman announced a meeting for Tuesday, May 14, at her home, and reviewed the status of curriculum materials The Policies Subcommittee would like to hear from committee members on the subject of admissions procedures and will meet at 8 p m on May 13 at the Supt -Director's to consider this subject Members requested that they be sent copies of any correspondence of sig- nificance with residents of their towns The committee voted unanimously to accept the following sections for the Policy Manual Preamble to Section 3 PERSONNEL POLICIES 3.2 17, 3 2 18, 3 2 19 1 , 3 2 19 2 (with addition "petition the school committee in writing ") 3 2 19 3 (with the addition "when a meeting with the school committee to discuss ") 3.2 16 "Dismissal" for "Termination" 3.2 20 Civic and Community Affairs The Superintendent-Director reported on interviews with candidates for the position of Assistant for Planning and Evaluation The committee will interview finalist(s) at 7 30 p m. prior to the regular meeting on May 21 and will convene the meeting at 8 30 p.m. that evening The committee will pay the candidate's travel expense for the final inter- view The Committee voted unanimously to authorize the Superintendent-Director to obtain a binder on insurance coverage for committee and staff at an annual rate of $340 for 500,000/1 ,000,000 bodily injury and 1 ,000,000 property damage 8 h Other possibilities will be investigated for the additional coverage required On the recommendation of the Superintendent-Director, the committee voted to employ Ronald Szpila a's a staff teacher of Electronics at an annual rate of $12,000 commencing May 20; 7 in favor; Ms Smith ab- staining Next week LKB is expected to have a preliminary report on the trans- portation system. Counsel is reviewing the contract proposed by this firm. The meeting was adjourned at 10 10 p.m. , to be reconvened in executive session Respectfully submitted, Cite'/d) Ann S Gilbert Secretary ASG 1g Approved May 21 , 1974, with the following correction Page 7, sentence should read "Members requested that they be sent copies of any correspondence of significance to their towns"