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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-09-21-MMTECH-min.pdf :. .,; ., (1 ) .1 ,, OW MINUTES OF THE MINUTEMAN; REGIONAL NOCA .,NAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE : 4. September 21 , 1976w PRESENT Bilodeau, Cormier, Courtrigh_t, DeStefano, Hall , Heinrich. `` Merluzzo, Ovian, Shimkus , Smith, Wales, Zeoli STAFF Fitzgerald, Lombardo, Easton, Hayward, Dellc.Ienna,lvd [ a. , Sabra Haywood, Riccuiti , Wallace VISITORS Jim Eisenberg, E Derderian, Sam Maddox, Carol Macke. , . John Crowley, and other parents and students ° ') The meeting was called to order at 7 43 p.m by the chairman, Mr MF Itizzo ! '' It was MOVED by Mrs Wales and SECONDED that the minutes of the September 7tli meeting be approved ' MINUTES Mrs Smith made two amendments as follows '1 1) Under Comments change paragraph 2 on page 2 _o lead Mrs Smith suggested that there be an occasion 'o honor . the students ,--an awards banquet similar to the Snorts uet ''r banquet,--to,- to give them awards for excellent work in their vocational and academic courses 2) On page 4, under the paragraph on hiring athletic j coaches , Mrs Smith requested an amendment that states Mrs Smith requested a public statement be made s to ' whether Chapter 622 was complied with in the bin i , of r coaches I Mr Courtright asked that a statement he added giv *ic his reasons for voting against the METCO proposal Dr Fitzgerald 's r, I The $2100 per student tuition fee. is only alb jnr I for 9 students p. 2 We have agreed to emplO, a part time .uordinato 'or i , $7500 ..,.+ 3 If we,, divide 9 ,e. d4nts into the total r $18 ;:+,i I and then deduct 4'he47 Q0, we are only receiving *l 'i0 15E student 4,4b 4 Our established cost is n, W in excess of $2500 5 RUWished reports in the*:elSton newspapers r it er tly put Boston 's per pupil costs a ar ,und $2500 6 I do not consider the final of f' from the St: te tc11 be either fair or equitable to a vers in my town i { voted no on this proposal for what,. ;f' considei to be sound financial reasons I want the record to state that any reasons are and always have hgep financial I is nt thr, f' fact that we, as a• region,. a 'financing a par ir, 1 Lh city of Boston school system If METCO were Nilliri to j guarantee a fair tuition paymennt4fr l would not oppn,ce m program h• 3: i' I think it essential that a minority viewpoint on ma t i l of this sort should be recorded, in the interest, cf I fairness , accuracy and historical pe,rsp,ective I H ,♦ x (2) ^131" ith .Mr Zedti asked: fbr a, statement to be added on page 4 after the vbte, on hiring coaches to state that Mr Zeoli opposed the vote on •hiring the coaches for the reason of Insufficient information on why there was a need for 2 cheerleading coaches Mr Ovian asked that the amount under cheerleading be changed to have $125 placed beside each name rather than the $250 being beside the second name The minutes were UNANIMOUSLY approved as amended The Chairman stated that minutes are a summary of the 14 actions taken at a public or executive session When a member wishes to be recorded, or if a member wishes to make an explanation of his vote, it is encumbent on them to add it to the minutes at that time and not later :r PARENTS ORGANIZATION Mr Eisenberg gave a report on their first executive sess ion They are sponsoring an open house on October 18 1H It is going to be a "Back-to-School Night" It is to T, acquaint new parents with the school but not be a complete tour They will give the parents an opportunity to bring • up any concerns they have about the school Members of the School Committee suggested people who should receive notices of the meeting In Arlington an Advisory Board, Chairmen of the School Committees of the sending towns, ad hoc Regional Finance Committee members, Town Moderatorso The Parents Organization offered the names of 4 parents who would like to be involved with the budget review; the names will be submitted to the Chairman Pro Tem of the Ways and Means Subcommittee as soon as the committee has been appointed FLOOR COMMENTS Mr John Crowley, a parent from Wayland spoke on the late bus. situation He feels that as long as we have an after-school sports program, we should provide a late bus Other schoystems provide it It is essential in order for 00i-Is to participate in the sports program Dr Fitzgerald reported that a student, Harriet Stodley his made an environmental, impact report of the use of the school She had to leave, but someone would like to speak at the next School Comrn, ,f,tee Meeting on this report ;1,', Ruth Wales MOVED and it was St'_ONDED that we change the time of the regular meeting to 8 00 and sivn Warrants at 3 yti 7 30 After some discussion, it was decided to keep it at 7 30 and have no Warrants being signed In the meeting No formal vote was taken Mr Zeoli mentioned that ,hehas had several reports on how well the summer swim pkogram went and how well it was supervised n 14ku • +4;5 Mr Heinrich read a letter from Mr Kelsey, past member of the Sclgol Committee expressing his appreciation of the plaque which was given to him Mr Cormier asked if the committee members would be getting reports soon on the enrollment A Wellesley paper reported that 12 pupils had been turned away from our school The Superintendent-Director said that the, were time-sharing students and the classes they wished were full OLD BUSINESS The Superintendent-Director 's proposal on pupil contracts for tuition students vs straight tuition It is a way of getting more revenue It is called a Program Services Fee rather than tuition The program is graduated as to when you can start using the revenue After some discussion, it was suggested that the Ways and Means Subcommittee could take this question as its first item and bring a recommendation to the next regular School Committee meeting Mr Ovlan. MOVED and it was SECONDED that this item be tabled VOTED IN FAVOR 11 Opposed 1 CONSTRUCTION Proposal by the Superintendent-Director To divide the Trades Hall by building a wall to keep the noise of the wood shop from the classroom area it will cost approximately $10,000 using our own students Lo do most of the work The Superintendent wants to discuss the plan with the architect to see if the plan will present any esthetic and ventilating problems Isolating the wood shop will cost about $5500 and will include insulation The money, will come from the Construction Account It will just be for materials and not for labor MOVED that 'we ado ok Dr Fitzgerald 's proposal for enclosing the trades halljot up to $10,000, to ba taken from the Cixnstruction Account, contingent on his discussion with the architect It was SECONDED VOTED IN FAVOR 11 ABSTAINING 1 Mrs Wales mentioned that the prototype for this school ° was the Greater Lowell Vocational Technical School ihey had the same architect Perhaps_ it would be adisable to 4 find out the evolution of that school They must have found and solved some of these problems CALENDAR Mrs Wales MOVED and it was SECONDED that we adopt the Superintendent-Director 's Planning Calendar VOTED UNANIMOUSLY1 It was mentioned that items of interest to the member towns and Regional Finante Committees be published in the newspapers and town calendars A :° .+• tc LATE BUSES r 010 haVV: no la'; g 'biases ,noWY We have buses which take teams to, game,antr,back to school but not home, the Superinte dent Di( ctor said Lots of pupils have problems with transportation Dr 'Fitzgerald presented three plans for late buses and recommended that the School Committee authorize the school to allow Alternative 2, This would allow 4 regular late buses , 3 days a week at 4 00, and 3 athletic buses , 3 days a week at 5 30 He would like to start them on October 4 and keep them under continuous study and the Committee would reserve the right to stop them if they are not being used These buses would go across the towns Mr Hall suggested starting out with Alternative #3 which the school can afford There is nothing preventing the going to other alternatives when the money becomes available It was MOVED and SECONDED that #3 alternative proposed by the Superintendent-Director be accepted with the condition that should the money become available that Alternative 2 would be used VOTED UNANIMOUSLY AIDE-TEACHER The Superintendent -Director would like permission to hire an aide,who is a certified,as a teacher for two periods There is a need for 2 full -time females in the athletic program Mr Ovian MOVED and it was SECONDED that an aide be hired as a staff teacher at a salary adjustment of $1 ,214 38 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY MBO PROGRESS REVIEW The Chairman felt that having the Superintendent-Director give a progress report borders on his evaluating himself Possibly an ad hoc committee needs to be appointed which can have discussion with the Committee and the Superintendent it was MOVED to table the MBO Progress Review to a time when it can be given more attention f, 7-:r BY-LAW CHANGE It,was MOVED and ttCONDED to amend the By-Laws as shown on .the attached document VOTED UNANIMOUSLY WAYS AND MEANS -The following Committee members were appointed by the SUBCOMMITTEE Chairman to serve on a Ways and Means Subcommittee, to start immediately .Mr.,,,,Merlu2*o (ex officio) , Mr Court right , Mr Shimkus , Mrs Wales;,, , nd Mr Ovian Mr Court- right was appointed Chairman Pr "Tem until a chairman can be elected y, OPENING OF SCHOOL The Staff did an Outstanding job 4/ METCO The SuperintendelrttDirectorhas received no formal written' reaction to the .3aetes't statement from the School A verbal . conversation 'mat only 9 students would be funded r, N Other pupils have 's wedrup' ?rrd been turned away The � S 41 Administratimn received a letter; requesting $2c O, for late buse• .Nb't.yf; (5), '° �t it-As unrealistic, Dr Fitzgerald didn't even bring yC b'ei&J'e the Committee The Superintendent will }5ursue fujxd'ing for 9 students and askpupils to proceed with requ'esting funds from Chapter 74 also Mrs Wales objected to asking pupils to ask for money that probably will not be forth coming Dr Fitzgerald said that the 9 students don 't belong wo the member towns nor to the Boston schools If the METCO contract is not forthcoming, they will have to apply for Chapter 74 funding anyway WARRANTS They were ready on Monday noon as requested The Warrants still don' t fit the system set up at the last meeting Some figures still are not available Mr Ovian asked if bills should be made out to persons or to the school Also some services are not spelled out Dr Fitzgerald asked that questions be given to him and he will take it up with the business manager Mr Zeoli questioned whether we need outside people coming in to fix things when we have electricians on staff and learning students The Superintendent-Director said it was not feasible to take teachers off teaching to do work TREASURER's REPORT The balance in the regular operating budget- - $70,908 19 The balance in the Site & Construction Acct 6,629 35 Warrants signed tonight - - 55,397 09 Mr Lombardo will have the Warrants on the table in the meeting room at 7 00 on the day of the meeting OCCUPATIONAL Beverly Lydiard gave a report on the program which has COMPETENCY PROGRAM just started Mr Hall MOVED and it was SECONDED to approve, the staff list presented by Mrs Lydiard for the Occupat on Competency Program VOTED UNANIMOUSLY STAFFING Mr Avian MOVED and it was SECONDED to approve the hiring of the following people 'Paul Mille, staff teacher in Power Mechanics , 10-month contract beginning October 18, 1976, staff, level 3 , at an annual salary rate of $13,890 Raymond Roberts, custodian, for the period of July 1 - June 30th, at an annual salary rate of $8400 Including an, extra amount for night shift, beginning September 9,1976 Una O 'Connell , CETA Instructor - Health Aide, September 1 , 1976 to June 10, '1977, at a 'salary rate of $13,230 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY (6) MASS COMM ON The Mperintendent-Director rece ved a bill for $100 11 VOCH TECH -and a request for 2 delegates Lid a Smith reported that t.hek. do a great deal of lobbying for better educa- tion. Mr Merluzzo suggested that it would be a good idea to look at the programs that we are supporting, and keep in formed of action that is being taken or should be taken Perhaps someone on -the Committee should be appointed to focus in on some things and bring them back to the Committee Mr Ovian MOVED and it was SECONDED that we join the MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL ON VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION and pay the $100 dues VOTED UNANIMOUSLY Mrs DiStefano offered to be a second delegate. ATHLETIC SUPPLIES Bids have gone out for athletic supplies The Director selected the low bidder on each item. A summary was submitted Mr Courtrlght MOVED that we accept the low bidder on each item as submitted by Dr Fitzgerald VOTED UNANIMOUSLY STAFFING Wendy Osborn was recommended for Assistant Director for Adult Education for $1500 It was MOVED , SECONDED , and voted UNANIMOUSLY to hire Wendy Osborn as Assistant Director for Adult Education COMMENTS FROM FLOOR Mr Eisenberg commented that there are so many students in the Auto Mechanics class that the kids are doing nothing and are bored They may start dropping out The Superintendent-Director said this will be solved su(' Carol Mackie asked for the time for the meeting of the Ways and Means Subcommittee The time was set for Tuesday , September 28, 1976, at 8 00 in the Conference Re-in] Beverly Lydiard checked into the question of Chapter 622 Title. 9 'being complied with in the hiring of athletic coaches as requested by Lydia Smith Mrs Lydiard wanted to. go on record that we are very much in the ball park "4Except for football , everything else was very .yell ,ub stantiated and that we have done one of the most outstand- ing jobs of any Voc Tech School in the area Mrs Smith commented that there, is still football and Dr Fitzgerald said it is still open to girls It was MOVED and SECONDED to go into Executive Session at 11 05 p m for the purpose of discussing legal negotiations with the general contractor and to discuss salary negotiations with spec:ihfic staff members A roll -Call vote was taken IT was NOTED UNANIMOUSLY ;. , 1 • tin (7) It was MOVED, SECONDED, arid VO ED UNANIMOUSLY to adjourn the regular meeting i Respectfully submitted, °dam✓ ! CI,d_a% Jean Turkington Recording Secretary Approved + /97a Ronald Fitzgerald, Secretary , I 111 rl. � A '.P