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LSC Meeting 12/05/2017
Minutes Approved February 6, 2018
LEXINGTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Town Hall, Selectmen’s Meeting Room
1625 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA
Present:
Chair, Alessandro Alessandrini; Vice Chair, Eileen Jay, Kate Colburn; Kathleen Lenihan, Jessie
Steigerwald, Assistant Superintendent, Dr. Kelly Chase (in place of Superintendent, Dr. Czajkowski)
Absent:
Superintendent, Dr.Czajkowski; Student Representative, Rosana Jiang
The minutes were taken by Kristen Cronin, Executive Assistant to the School Committee and
Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent
The meeting convened at 6:02 pm
Call to Order Open Session
Motion to go into Executive Session
Alessandro Alessandrini moved to go into Executive Session to discuss strategy with Respect to
Collective Bargaining Regarding LEA – Unit A, to return to open session at the conclusion.
Colburn AYE
Lenihan AYE
Steigerwald AYE
Jay AYE
Alessandrini AYE
7:06 p.m. Return to Public Session and Welcome:
Chair, Alessandro Alessandrini called the meeting to order, and introduced committee members.
Public Comments:
Superintendent’s Announcement:
Dr. Kelly Chase informed members of the Visioning Days for Lexington High School on December 14 and
15 with Frank Locker.
Lexington Education Foundation (LEF) held a grantee reception earlier this afternoon. LEF brought
together teachers and staff that have been awarded grants to hear first hand about projects LEF monies
have funded.
Welcomed Dr. Christine Lyons as the Interim Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and
Professional Leaning.
Thank you to the town for yesterday’s successful debt exclusion vote for Lexington Children’s Place
(LCP), Hastings Elementary and the Fire Station.
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School Committee Member Announcements:
Each member expressed his/her thanks to the community, volunteers and voters, as well as current and
former Lexington School Committee members, for making the debt exclusion vote successful. The
Committee is grateful that LPS and the town can finally move forward with these building projects.
Consent Agenda
1. Approval of School Department Payroll Warrant dated November 9, 2017
Move to approve the School Department’s payroll warrant dated November 9, 2017 in the amount of
$3,766,438.46
2. Approval of School Department Payroll Warrant dated November 24, 2017
Move to approve the School Department’s payroll warrant dated November 24, 2017 in the amount of
$3,609,394.43
3. Approval of School Department Accounts Payable Warrant dated November 17, 2017
Move to approve the School Department’s accounts payable warrant dated November 17, 2017 in the
amount of $1,310,422.90
Move to approve the School Department’s US Bank reconciliations in the amount of $32,081.38
4. Approval of School Department Accounts Payable Warrant dated December 1, 2017
Move to approve the School Department’s accounts payable warrant dated December 1, 2017 in the
amount of $1,629,985.58
Move to approve the School Department’s US Bank reconciliations in the amount of $11,309.58
Motion 1-4 Approved: 5-0 (Alessandro/Colburn)
Agenda:
1. Vote Policy – JICI: Weapons in School
Motion to Adopt Policy JICI Weapons in School (Steigerwald/Lenihan) Motion Approved 5-0
2. Discussion of December 4 Debt Exclusion Vote and Future Direction
Members would like a summary presentation on Lexington Children’s Place (LCP), regarding early
intervention and the cost of out of district pre-school to educate the community on this program.
Members were surprised to learn that many residents of the Lexington community were not aware
that Lexington Public Schools had a pre-school.
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3. Fiscal Year 2018 First Quarter Financial Report
Mr. Ian Dailey, Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Administration, provided an update on the
FY2018 First Quarter Budget. The School Department currently projects a surplus of $889,869 from
the approved FY 2018 Budget. This represents a surplus of approximately 0.9% of the total School
Department budget. $1,103,321 of the total projected surplus resides in the Salary & Wages portion
of the budget while a deficit of $213,452 resides in the expense portion of the budget.
Chair, Alessandro Alessandini asked Ian Dailey to explain to the public the newly passed state legislation
for the Special Education Stabilization Fund that will allow the School Committee to have control of the
funding without having to go to Town Meeting for a vote to receive the monies.
Move that the School Committee approve the transfers outlined in Table 4 of the Fiscal Year 2018
First Quarter Financial report, per School Committee Policy DBJ. (Steigerwald/Colburn)
Motion approved 5-0
4. School Start Times Update
Ian Dailey, Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Administration, gave a brief summary to
members regarding the work of the School Start Times Task Force through November 2017,
highlighting the work to date and the next steps for the Task Force.
Motion to adjourn (Alessandrini/Jay)
The Motion was approved
The meeting was adjourned at 7:51 p.m.
Meeting Materials: Agenda; A.1-Draft Policy JICI; A.3-First Quarter Salaries and Wages Budget-Detail
& First Quarter Expenses Budget – Detail; A.4.-Presentation on School Start Times Task Force