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LEXINGTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Cary Hall, Robbins Room
1605 Massachusetts Avenue
Present: Superintendent Paul Ash, School Committee Chair Tom Diaz, School Committee
Members Helen Cohen, Rod Cole, Margaret Coppe and Ravi Sakhuja. The minutes were
taken by Leora Tec.
I. Call to Order and Welcome (Tom Diaz)
II. Superintendents Announcements
Mrs. Natalie Cohen has accepted the offer to be the new high school principal. She is
currently the high school principal in Weston.
III. Members’ Reports / Members’ Concerns
Helen Cohen: Tonight Holly Stumpf is receiving the Diversity Award at Town Meeting.
IV. Discussion
1. Article 41: Patrick Mehr made a presentation on this Article regarding municipal utilities.
He hopes the School Committee will support the motion.
There were questions and discussion from the School Committee.
Motion to support Article 41 (Cole, Cohen). The motion passed 5-0.
V. Action Items:
1. Vote to Approve Lexington High School Chinese Foreign Exchange
Field Trip to China
2. Vote to Approve Lexington High School French Exchange Field Trip
to France
Motion to Approve Lexington High School Chinese Foreign Exchange
Field Trip to China and Lexington High School French Exchange Field Trip
to France (Cohen, Sakhuja). The motion passed 5-0.
In the future approval must be sought long before tickets are bought and logistical
arrangements are made.
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3. Vote to Approve School Committee Minutes of January 31, 2008
4. Vote to Approve School Committee Minutes of February 9, 2008
5. Vote to Approve School Committee Minutes of February 11, 2008
6. Vote to Approve School Committee Minutes of February 26, 2008
7. Vote to Approve School Committee Minutes of March 3, 2008
8. Vote to Approve School Committee Minutes of March 18, 2008
Motion to approve School Committee minutes of January 31, 2008, February 9,
2008, February 11, 2008, February 26, 2008 and March 3, 2008 with the edits
enumerated below (Cohen, Coppe). The motion passed 4-0. (Cole abstaining).
Feb 9th: “Ravi Sakhuja: Are we charging full day Kindergarten to METCO and is there
money in METCO to charge it to?”
Feb. 11th: “Ravi Sakhuja: Expressed concern about sinks at Harrington. They are not yet
repaired and he asked for clarification on the reasons for the delay.”
March 18: “Ravi Sakhuja queried about the five year METCO cost projections presented
by the administration as to why the total costs dropped from 07 to 08 and 09 with the
viewpoint that the actual costs of METCO were running much higher and that was not
captured in those sheets.”
Motion to approve the School Committee minutes of March 18 (Cole, Cohen). The
motion passed 5-0.
There was a brief discussion of the format of the minutes.
VI. Motion to adjourn (Sakhuja, Cohen). The motion passed 5-0.