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April 5, 1976
On Monday L ;ening April 5, 1976 the Lexington School Committee
conducted a meeting at the School Administration Building at 7:00 p.m.
Present were Mrs. Swanson, Messrs. Brown, Michelman, Rotberg, Wadsworth
and student representative Nancy Abelmann. Also present were Miss Quinn,
Messrs. Spiris, Barnes, Maclnnes, Monderer.
Mrs. Ruth Barton expressed her concern that the school information PUBLIC
recording only announced the time and place of the school committee meet- INFORMATION
ing and not the agenda items. She felt the importance of the topics re-
quired wide communication. Mr. Barnes apologized for the oversight and
invited anyone to call his office if any additional information was ever
needed. He noted that complete agendas will continue to be broadcast.
It was MINUTES
3/29/76
VOTED: to accept the minutes of March 29, 1976 as corrected. (Brown,
Wadsworth, Unanimous)
Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools it was SCHEDULE OF
PAYMENTS
VOTED: to accept the following Schedule of Payments. (Michelman, Brown,
Unanimous)
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT PAYMENTS
Personal Services
April 2, 1976 Classified Payroll #20 $66,980.57
Expenses
April 2, 1976 Bill Schedules #139 3,753.24
April 2, 1976 #140 3,081.06
April 2, 1976 #141 6,145.72
April 2, 1976 #142- 2,906.30
April 2, 1976 #143 300.00
Athletics
April 2, 1976 Bill Schedule #26 465.96
Out-of-State-Travel
April 2, 1976 Bill Schedule #14 377.05
SPECIAL PROGRAMS (Non-Lexington Funds)
METCO
April 2, 1976 Classified Payroll #14 1,166.42
Teacher Training Program II
April 2, 1976 Classified Payroll #15 96.00
April 2, 1976 Bill Schedule #14 1,834.05
LAB Pre-Vocational Life Care Program
April 2, 1976 Classified Payroll #16 1,064.48
LEADS Program
April 2, 1976 Classified Payroll #15 335.25
Autistic Program (Lexington)
April 2, 1976 Classified Payroll #15 251.10
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Autistic Program (Arlington)
April 2, 1976 Classified Payroll #16 153.60
Multi-Handicapped (Burlington)
April 2, 1976 Classified Payroll #15 216.00
Pre-School (Burlington)
April 2, 1976 Classified Payroll #14 432.00
April 2, 1976 Bill Schedule #15 72.60
Pre-School (Bedford)
April 2, 1976 Bill Schedule #6 311.88
Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools it was NEW PERSONNEL
(PROFESSIONAL)
VOTED:
.
Dr. Rotberg repeated his comments of a prior meeting which ex- MAX-ED
pressed concern for the title of Max-Ed Coordinator and the salary as- COORDINATOR
signment which he felt was not commensurate with responsibilities as
presented.
Mr. Michelman also expressed his hope to retain student contact
as a priority item. He refreshed the committee as to his remarks of
the prior meeting which he felt were still valid.
Mr. Wadsworth then moved that a maximum of $20,000 be established
for the filling of the position to be titled, Max-Ed Coordinator and
that any balance be used for secretarial services which should be neces-
sary, beyond that already available at the senior high school for the
program.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Brown.
Dr. Rotberg stated that the position was incorrectly titled and
the salary was blatant lob inflation. He moved to amend the motion as
follows:
That a title change to Facilitator of Max-Ed be established and
place $15,000 in the budget for the position. The motion was seconded
by Mr. Michelman.
Mr. Michelman expressed his concern that one person could or could
not do all there was to be done. He asked whether spending more money
would relieve the problem or whether available staff time would be need-
ed.
Mrs. Swanson replied that the position as recommended by the Citi-
zen's Group and Superintendent might be a workable solution.
Dr. Rotberg responded saying the title was incorrect, the role de-
scription was unclear, and salary was too high for the responsibilities
listed.
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A vote on the amendment was called:
(Rotberg, Yes; Brown, Michelman, Swanson, Wadsworth, No)
A vote on the original motion was called:
(Wadsworth, Brown, Swanson, Yes: Rotberg, Michelman, No)
The discussion began with a motion by Mr. Brown: MATRONS
that the amount placed in the budget for matrons be reduced from
$21,000 to $5,000. The motion was seconded by Dr. Rotberg. Mr. Brown
asked Mr. MacInnes if the hiring of 5 matrons for Lexington High School
during the day would curb the $500,000 vandalism loss. Mr. Maclnnes re-
sponded saying perhaps a little reduction would occur but vandalism in
non-school time was still a huge problem. He also said that the vanda-
lism figure seemed to increase each time it was used and wished to put
the figure in proper perspective. He stated that vandalism costs were
in the $150,000 to $200,000 range and not the higher figure being quo-
ted.
After a brief discussion a vote on the motion was called:
(Brown, Rotberg, Michelman, Yes; Swanson, Wadsworth, No)
Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools the follow- PERSONNEL
ing Personnel Changes were accepted. (Rotberg, Michelman, Unanimous) CHANGES
Retirement (PROFESSIONAL)
Name Effective Date
Former student representative to the School Committee, Alan Wach-
man expressed his thanks to the School Committee for a fine year.
The School Committee in return thanked Alan Wachman for his valu-
able contributions to the Lexington Schools.
It was
VOTED: to adjourn at 7:59 p.m. (Michelman, Wadsworth, Unanimous)
Respectfully submitted,
Richard H. Ba es
/k Recording S retary, Pro tem