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LEXINGTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Cary Memorial Building, Estabrook Room
1605 Massachusetts Avenue
Present: Dr. Paul B. Ash, Superintendent; Mary Ann Stewart, School Committee
Chair; Alessandro Alessandrini, Vice-Chair; School Committee Members Bonnie Brodner,
Margaret Coppe, and Jessie Steigerwald, and Noah Coolidge, Student Representative
The minutes were taken by Jean Curran.
The Meeting Convened at 6:32 p.m.
I. Call to Order and Welcome
The Chair called the meeting to order and invited Public Comment.
There were no public comments.
II. Superintendent’s Announcements
Dr. Ash had no announcements.
III. Members’ Reports/Members’ Concerns
There were no Members’ reports.
IV. Agenda
1. Town Meeting Articles
The Committee discussed Article 12(a) Public Safety Radio Connectivity and the
installations of antennas on the Fiske and Harrington Schools. Mary Ellen Dunn,
Assistant Superintendent for Business and Finance took questions from the Committee.
The Committee discussed Article 16(i) Townwide Facility Master Plan. Mary Ann
Stewart agreed to speak at Town Meeting regarding integration with the school facilities
Ten-Year Master Plan.
Motion to support Article 16(i) Townwide Facility Master Plan. (Brodner,
Coppe). The Motion passed (4-0-1, Steigerwald).
2. Vote on the Dissolution of EDCO’s Private Entity
Dr. Ash spoke to the Committee regarding the new law that is now in place for
educational collaboratives and the need to dissolve the Boards of the EDCO
Collaborative (EDCO) and the Education Collaborative for Greater Boston, Inc. (ECGB,
Inc).
Motion that the Lexington School Committee vote to dissolve the Education
Collaborative for Greater Boston, Inc. by June 30, 2012 or as soon as legally
possible thereafter, and further that our representatives for the EDCO
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Collaborative and the Education Collaborative for Greater Boston, Inc. be
authorized to take all necessary steps to transfer all programs, contracts and
available assets, including the Seefurth Fund, from the Education
Collaborative for Greater Boston, Inc. to the EDCO Collaborative by the
close of the fiscal year on June 30, 2012, or as soon as legally possible
thereafter (Stewart, Coppe). The Motion passed (5-0).
2. Discussion of Future School Committee Agendas
The Chair presented a draft of tentative future School Committee Meeting dates and
Agenda items to the end of this school year and invited Committee feedback.
3. Vote to Accept a $310 Donation for Wilson Farms’ Shop at Wilson Farms
School Fundraiser
Motion to accept a $310 donation for Wilson Farms’ Shop at Wilson Farms
School Fundraiser to Be Deposited in the Maria Hastings School Gift
Account (Brodner, Alessandrini). The Motion passed (5-0).
The Committee recessed at 7:24 PM to relocate to Cary Memorial Hall for the purpose of
discussing Annual Town Meeting Articles and adjourned at the end of Town Meeting.
Documents: Meeting Agenda; Memo from Dorsey Yearley, Executive Director of EDCO
Collaborative; Future School Committee Meeting Dates and Tentative Agenda Items, dated April
2, 2012; Memo from Louise Lipsitz, Principal of Hastings Elementary School.
Voted by the School Committee May 8, 2012