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Minutes of the Lexington School Committee
Cary Memorial Building, Estabrook Room
1605 Massachusetts Avenue
Monday, April 9, 2012
5:00 PM
The minutes were taken by the Chair.
Present: School Committee Chair Mary Ann Stewart; Vice-Chair Alessandro
Alessandrini; School Committee Members Bonnie Brodner, Margaret Coppe, and
Jessie Steigerwald.
Also present were Dr. Paul Ash, Superintendent of Schools; Mr. Robert Harris,
Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources; and Mr. Robert Fraser and Ms.
Colby Brunt, School Committee Counsel from Stoneman, Chandler, and Miller,
LLP.
The Chair called the Meeting of the Lexington School Committee to order.
Motion to go into Executive Session to discuss strategy with regard to
litigation and to reconvene in open session to further discuss Article 17.
Further, as Chair, I declare that an open meeting may have a detrimental
effect on the litigation efforts of the Lexington Public Schools (Stewart,
Brodner).
Alessandrini-aye;
Brodner-aye;
Coppe-aye;
Steigerwald-aye;
Stewart-aye.
The meeting went into Executive Session at 5:07 PM.
1. Executive Session (Estabrook Room)
2. Return to Open Session
The Committee returned to Open Session at 7:02 PM.
3. Further Discussion of Article 17
The Committee continued discussion of possible funding for town-wide busing for
students.
The Chair recessed the meeting at 7:23 PM. The School Committee remained in session
and relocated to Cary Memorial Hall for the purpose of discussing Annual Town Meeting
Articles.
Voted by the School Committee May 22, 2012