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LEXINGTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING
MINUTES
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Lexington High School, Library Media Center 251 Waltham Street
PRESENT: Dr. Paul B. Ash, Superintendent; Jessie Steigerwald, Chair;
Alessandro Alessandrini; Margaret Coppe; Bill Hurley.
The Minutes were taken by Jessie Steigerwald.
Judy Crocker was not present due to a trip out of the country.
6:30 Jessie Steigerwald called the meeting to order.
Public Comments: There were no public comments.
Superintendent Announcements: There were no superintendent announcements.
School Committee Member Announcements:
Steigerwald shared that the Youth Services Council had a productive meeting earlier that afternoon.
She also shared that she had spoken with Selectman Norman Cohen who would be joining her for a
meeting on April 2nd with Andy Beck from School and Main Institute. Mr. Beck had been
recommended by the Assistant Director of Guidance as a possible resource to move forward in
coalition building to support youth. Steigerwald said she would update the committee next week.
Agenda Item: Discussion of Town Meeting Articles: There were no requests to discuss articles.
Agenda Item: Policy Manual Review Update: Steigerwald provided an update that section J
policies would be in packets for full committee review.
Consent Agenda
Alessandrini requested the committee to pull out minutes from March 10, 2015 to allow him
additional time to submit edits. Members agreed. The minutes were pulled out and tabled.
There was brief discussion around whether Alessandrini still wished to supply edits for February 25.
He did not. His earlier concern was regarding the set of minutes that would need to be submitted to
the MSBA with the Statement of Interest for Hastings Elementary School. As those were the minutes
of February 24, Alessandrini was satisfied with the February 25 minutes.
Motion to approve minutes from January 8, 2015 and February 25, 2015, and to approve but not
release Executive Session minutes from March 10, 2015. (Alessandrini, Hurley). 4-0.
6:34 PM Steigerwald called a recess to relocate the committee to Room 148 in order to join the
Selectmen for an Executive Session. Once the committee had relocated, Steigerwald ended the recess
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and the committee was in open session. Steigerwald immediately made a motion to go into Executive
Session.
6:35 PM Steigerwald moved that the School Committee to go into Executive Session under
Exemption 3 to discuss strategy with respect to coalition bargaining and to return to open session, and
further, as chair, she declared that an executive session was necessary to protect the bargaining
position of the School Committee.
Coppe seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken.
Coppe AYE
Alessandrini AYE
Steigerwald AYE
Hurley AYE
Crocker Absent
The vote was unanimous and at 6:35 PM the Executive Session began
Minutes for the Executive Session are in a separate document.
7:20 PM Motion to exit Executive Session and return to Open Session
Steigerwald asked for a motion to end Executive Session and return to Open Session. Hurley made
the motion and Alessandrini seconded the motion.
Coppe AYE
Alessandrini AYE
Steigerwald AYE
Hurley AYE
Crocker Absent
Executive Session ended at 7:20 p.m. and the School Committee returned to Open Session to relocate
to the auditorium to participate in Town Meeting.
Materials: Draft Minutes from January 8, 2015, February 25, 2015, and March 10, 2015. Draft
Executive Session minutes from March 10, 2015.
Voted Approved Not Released April 28, 2015