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Home My WebLink About1976-09-07-MMTECH-min.pdf (1) V moo: MINUTES OF THE •MINUTEMANREGIONAL VOCA1.ONAN1CAL SCHOOL. COMMITTEE September 7, 1976 at the- Minuteman School PRESENT Bilodeau, Cormier, Courtright, DiStefano, Hall , Heinrich, Merluzzo, Ovian , Smith , Wales, Zeoli ABSENT Shimkus STAFF Fitzgerald, Lombardo, Easton, Hayward, Whitney, Rose, Lillus, DellaPenna VISITORS Mr Cron (past Chairman of Minuteman School Committee) , Mr Olson, (lawyer for Minuteman) , Mrs Munoz-Bennett (BEEO) Linda Hall (So Middlesex News) , Sam Maddox (Minuteman Pub ) Jim Eisenburg (Parents Organization) , Mrs White and Mrs Chisholm (parents) The meeting was called to order by the Chairman at 7 43 p m It was MOVED and SECONDED that the meeting go into Executive Session for the purpose of hearing a report on the financial negotiations of the Construction Account A roll-call vote was taken VOTED UNANIMOUSLY The regular meeting was again called to order at 8 15 p m Mrs Wales MOVED to accept the minutes of the last met:ting It was SECONDED The following amendment was made by Mrs DiStefano Page 6 under the section QUESTION should read Annette DiStefano had questioned the warrants on salaried personnel working over 40 hours, synonomously with disapproval of the method to which the School Committee i subjected for signing warrants (while the meeting is going or) CETA pays CETA students the minimum wage Our student are paid through proceeds from the work done Swim Prog ani is self-supporting l' VOTED AS AMENDED' plAN111QUS-LY A discussion font) is, '* gFocedure for presenting warrants It W0406 .ed to ` 0r Lombardo to have the warFa,ptj- ady for signature '- the Monday before School Committee meetings from 12-4 i:�r` the Administration Office and' between 7-7 30 beforethe C'ommitt'lemeeting starts Thi way questisons could be a,%ked before the meeting -and have no•ne;gd for signat ]res at the meeting COMPUTER SURVEY It wa's MOVED and 15ECONDEQ to award the emputer survey con- tract to InovgWz Com,ujer tems I, p n!�S , 57.5•tiPrbvidence f)ighw"ay, Norw...p��p��tee,, MA 02062 y4, VOTED IN FAV 10, ABSTENTI y Mr 'DiStef` no afc `g;;v1;k ( ) COMMENTS The Parents Organization will have its first Executive Committee Meeting on September 14th at 7 30 p m at the School It is an open- meeting; all town representatives will receive notices and anyone interested is welcome to come Ruth Wales is the designated School Committee Liason Comments made by the Committee members were It would be good to have occasions to honor students academically as well as in sports A calendar of events even of a semi social nature would be helpful for planning Helping to stock the bare shelves in the library would be helpful Mrs Wales hoped that the recreational swimming program I could be continued There will be a meet ng of the Recrea- tion Departments from the towns to evaluate the recreation program on September 14th at 10 a m at the School METCO A proposal from Charles Glenn from the Department of Educa- tion was received at 7 30 just prior to the meeting Dr Fitzgerald presented a report as to the standing with the Department of Education up to this date The BEEO has proposed a METCO funding formula which allows for the higher cost of vocational education Mr Zeoli MOVED and then accepted the substitute motion of Mrs Wales and it was SECONDED that we enter into an agree ment to continue the nine METCO students presently enrolled at Minuteman at a reimbursement rate of not less than $2100 and admit as many other District METCO students as State funding will permit at the same rate; such agreement not to exceed a half-time coordinator and not including trans- portation VOTED IN FAVOR 9, OPPOSED 2, Courtright and Merluzzo CONSTRUCTION Public Address System PROGRESS REPORT Mr Zeol.i. MOVED and it was SECONDED to award the contract to install a- public address system to Keystone Sound Systems for $7,000 VOTED UNAN-IMOUS;LYA, . <, wsiAbg, GROUNDS It was MOVED ��' ,iRf) ur•tright and SECONDED to authorize the IMPROVEMENT Super.$endentLDirector to.,skOd the purchase orders to three"bidders for the grounds improvement and write the architect about the site design deficiency VOTED UNANIMOUSLY SUPERINTENDENT'S The business office has been relocated already The stair REPORT carpeting has been fixed It was requested that the lighting at the front of the -building be softened so that it doesn't blind anyone leaVing the building Mr Hall MOVED and it was SE.f,)pl1 D that item 11 (install a plastics lab) , item 13 (fix g';le'v4or failure controls) , and item 8 (add floodlights in t'he,,pt3rking lot) be approved VOTED UNANIMOUSLY a�wlit ..n: `'' (3) Mr Hall MOVED and Tawas SECONDED that the Superintendent- Director be authorized to employ an architect for $1200 to develop plans `to construct an additional horticulture area and to ask for bids VOTED UNANIMOUSLY STAFFING It was MOVED and SECONDED to approve the Superintendent- Director's recommendation and hire the following Ms Leah Devon , Associate Teacher (Diagnostic Prescriptive) SPED, to begin on September 8, 1976 for a 10-month contract , Associate, level two, salary rate of S10,290 Alfred Sommers, Printing Teacher, 10-month contract beg nning about September 20th, Staff, level one, salary rate $12 090 Norman Myerow, Baking Instructor, 10-month contract. beginning September I , 1976, staff, level one, salary rate $12 090 John Fitzpatrick, Chef Instructor, beginning to be announced 10-month contract, staff, level one, salary rate of $12 090 Joseph A Duquay, carpentry Instructor, 10-month contract beginning September 1 , 1976, staff, level two, salary rate of $12 990 Arthur Michitson, staff teacher in power mechanics/fluid power, 10-month contract beginning September 1 , 1976 staff level one, salary rate of $12 ,090 Charles Bittner, math teacher, 10-month contract beg nning September 1 , 1976, staff, level three, salary rate $13,890 Greta Myers, R.N School Nurse, 10-month contract , beginning immediately, associate, level two, salary rate of 510,290 VOTED IN FAVOR 9,, ABSTENTIONS 2 Mrs_ Distefano waated) *rtgted that her abstention was on Jo F i tipat r i 4, atid'', ?)ic ewst+Yn,i�- Myerow who are not certified It asks , in tne,. p' "pHft tion (e#3) for their certification in acad'emI,O. And vocational area; k Someone from the audience asked"3i,f a y Ale nurses had applirad for the school nurse posi.tion ' The Answer was no A group of aides is being hired A ata Clerk under an aide contract , contracted services he money to come out of budge from Data Process encumhered d Janet Robitalle is not teavin ,, e staff as reported before It was MOVED and SECONDED to . janue her on the staff with a 10-month contract a't a sales ""--ei+r $12 ,990 (She Is moving from a 12-month to a 10-month contract ) VOTED UNANIMOUSLY • r R 7 �7 i�l It was MOVED and SEC,ONDtsiire the athletic, coaches recommended by the A'th .e4i Director (a copy is filed w th the minutes) VOTED IN FAVOR 10, OPPOSED 1 ,7_eoli It was MOVED by Mr Hall and SECONDED at the recommenda tion of the Superintendent-Director to extend the contract of Beverly Lydiard through the school year VOTED UNANIMOUSLY REPORT CARDS The Superintendent would like to change the form of reporting as the information has not translated to transcriptions easily Therefore they would like to go to a report card with a back-up on performance level SCHOLARSHIPS Some firms have indicated to the school that they would like to award scholarships BY-LAWS It was recommended that the By-laws be changed to remove the requirement for permanent subcommittees as not needed Subcommittee§ can be set up when needed The section on agenda for School Committee meetings should also be I deleted A change in the By-laws will be put on the agenda For the next School Committee meeting BUDGET Budget time is at hand The Superintendent-Director would like to have comments given to him by parents , students , etc GROUP PAYMENT The Superintendent-Director called attention to a groom, ,c1 PLAN group .payment plan or contract in lieu of tuition to any non-member district sending five or more students to , Minuteman in 1976-77 No action was taken BIDS FOR CONTRACTS It was MOVED by Mrs Wales and SECONDED to award the F low bids to the following companies Chat-lies Donuts ,. L;n.,.jy tDonuts)' *nest 'Bakingyi, l:n;ch . 4rrsad) Blue Ribbon D' 'r.oyi (f,FT1t)A WiseIUUT Distribution Co, ` Inc )Potato Chips) W C Bonner Co (Dishwashing), Hendrie' s Inc ( Ice Cream) VOTED IN FAVOR 9, ABSTENTIONS :2, Ovian and DiStefario TREASURER' S Balance in the Operting budget $142 655 13 REPORT Site and Construction 3 ,704 55 Warrants signed tonight .�d,x 048,051 30 Mr Ovian suggested that Chang s in the warrants should initialed If there are ch9n'g0, in the billing a new hi should be asked for or some :'t,p "ation made on it No vo, should be submitted without figures on it Mrs Distefano refused to sign warrants because they w- , presented during the meeting iii'. y •f ^ a (5) EXECUTIVE SESSION It was MOVED and SECONDED to go into Executive Session to discuss negotiations ( .working conditions for selected members of the non-teaching staff at Minuteman and continued discussion on the Construction Account A roll-call vote was taken VOTED UNANIMOUSLY The regular meeting was adjourned at ll 42 p m Respectfully submitted, Turkington 4 -- ecording Secretary ,per Approved 4 1j9r AL it r�k/fie°', �^fin.��i� Ad_,/'� ((�° , ,',� Ronald Fitzgerald Se,�gr, tary t 1„rf uY p it 1�w A hn A: ' :f?N