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Home My WebLink About1976-11-08-SC-min Page 185 November 8, 1976 The Lexington School Committee met at the Jonas Clarke Junior High School at 8:00 p.m. on November 8, 1976. Present were Mrs. Swanson, Messrs. Michelman, Wadsworth, Brown, Rotberg, and student representative Nancy Abelmann. Also present were Messrs. Lawson, Spiris, Monderer, Barnes, Maclnnes, Pierson. Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools it was MINUTES OCT. 25, 1976 VOTED: to accept the minutes of October 25, 1976 as amended. (Wadsworth, Michelman, Unanimous. The Executive Session Minutes of January 5, 12, 26, 1976, Febru- EXECUTIVE ary 9 were Voted.. (Brown, Rotberg, Wadsworth, Swanson, Yes, Michelman, SESSION Abstained) MINUTES The Executive Session Minutes of March 29, and April 12, were voted. (Michelman, Rotberg, Unanimous) It was VOTED: to release the minutes of January 5, 12, 26, 1976, February 9, March 29, and April 12 to the public. (Rotberg, Michelman Unan.) Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, it was SCHEDULE OF PAYKENTS VOTED: to accept the following Schedule of Payments. (Brown, Wadsworth, Unanimous) SCHOOL DEPARTMENT' BUDGETS Personal Services October 29, 1976 Classified Payroll #9 $ 71,377.51 November 5, 1976 Professional Payroll #11-C 621,000.88 Expenses October 29, 1976 Bill Schedules #58 2,910.78 October 29, 1976 #59 7,190.23 October 29, 1976 #60 9,142.05 October 29, 1976 #61 3,516.23 November 5, 1976 #62 4,488.16 November 5, 1976 #63 2,484.34 November 5, 1976 #64 7,328.08 November 5, 1976 #65 48,122.97 November 5, 1976 #66 3,381.82 Expenses (Carryover) November 5, 1976 Bill Schedule #205 39.99 Out-of-State Travel October 29, 1976 Bill Schedules #8 295.50 November 5, 1976 #9 33.50 Athletics October 29, 1976 Bill Schedules #12 AE 307.85 November 5, 1976 #13 AE 621.76 November 5, 1976 Payrolls #4 AP 1,199.00 November 5, 1976 #5 AP 342.50 7 Page 186 November 8, 1976 SPECIAL PROGRAMS - Non-Lexington Funds Adult Education November 5, 1976 Professional Payroll 1,390.80 METCO October 29, 1976 Classified Payroll #4 1,467.46 November 5, 1976 Professional Payroll 5,068.42 November 5, 1976 Bill Schedule #3 1,560.00 LEADS November 5, 1976 Bill Schedule #1 56.48 The Financial Statement was discussed. FINANCIAL STATEMENT Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools it was NEW PERSONNEL (PROFESSIONAL VOTED: Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools it was PERSONNEL CHANGES VOTED: to accept the following Personnel Changes (Professional) (PROFESSIONAL (Wadsworth, Brown, Unanimous) Coach Salary Maternity Leave Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools it was PERSONNEL CHANGES VOTED: to accept the following Personnel Changes (Classified) (Brown, (CLASSIFIED) Micheiman, Unanimous) Retirement Resignation Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools it was BIDS TYPEWRITERS VOTED: that orders for typewriters be placed with IBm in the amount of $7,175. and the Collins Typewriter Company in the amount of $3,900. , based on their low bids meeting specifications. (Brown, Michelman, Unan.) A proposed Athletic Budget for 1977-78 was presented. Ralph Lord, ATHLETIC BU' Director of Athletics was present to answer questions from the school committee. The 1977-78 budget shows a change of $18,578, an increase of 11.2%.. Mr. Lord presented a breakdown of the increases. Mr. Michel- Page 187 November 8, 1976 man noted that it was somewhat noticeable that the boys budget seemed ATHLETIC BUDGET somewhat larger than the opportunities for girls. He asked Mr. Lord (CONTINUED) if the gap were closing. Mr. Lord said that he was adding more coaches for boys than for girls due to the enrollment and that would account for increases. Mr. Michelman said he hoped that Lexington was doing all that it could possibly do to encourage girls at the junior high school and school levels to participate in all sports. Mr. Lord said that this was the program of the athletic department. He also said that the increase did not reflect an increased growth rate of boys, staff or equipment, but was due mainly to the seniority of coaches which was reflected in the stipend range. The Committee thanked Mr. Lord for the fine job that he was doing as Director and said there would be possible further discus- sion at a future date regarding the proposed 1977-78 budget. Dr Rotberg expressed concern for gate admission charges for se- lected-activities. He encouraged a review of the policy with possible eliminations or increases being recommended. Mr. Lord said the policy assisted in crowd control and in salary revenue. He said he would give Dr. Rotberg's suggestion consideration in his future planning. Dr. Lawson presented the Out-of-State Travel Budget for 1977-78 OUT-OF'-STATE which projected a zero increase over 1976-77. He said he recommended TRAVEL BUDGET that the budget remain the same this next year, due to the fact that he felt a full year of experience and operation under a new administra- tive organization would allow for better analysis of the appropriateness of the amounts in each account as well as the proper analysis for in- creases, decreases, or reallocations. Dr. Lawson said that reallocations could occur in the next few months. The Vocational Education Budget for 1971-78 was presented which VOCATIONAL projected a 3.1% increase over 1976-1977. This increase is due to an EDUCATION increase in tuition rates of $180, and transportation costs of $600. BUDGET 1977-78 A decrease was reflected in the budget of evening school classes of $300, which results in a total budget increase of $480. Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools the fol- TUITION RATES lowing tuition rates for the 1976-77 school year were established. 1976-77 (Rotberg, Brown, Unanimous) Senior High - $1,478.00 Jr. Highs - 1,444.00 Elementary - 1,391.00 Mr. Barnes presented a review of the registration for the 27 pro- ADMINISTRATIVE fessional development workshops being offered to staff, parents and REPORTS students in the fall and early winter. He said that approximately 520 registrations had been received by November 5, and this cumulative total could be translated into 219 individual registrations. The school com- mittee members were invited to participate in all of the workshops. The results of the scholastic aptitude tests, a ten year analysis, S.A.T. SCORES was presented to the school committee. Dr. Monderer commented briefly 1965-1975 on the report and indicated the scores for 1975-76 of Lexington students were also well above the national average, and that Lexington had no consistent pattern of declining or rising scores. 4 Page 188 November 8, 1976 Miss Kay Dillmore and Mr. Paul Lombard Co-Directors of the Summer 1976 SUMMER Reading Program reviewed the report of the summer reading program. They READING PROGR said the twelfth Lexington summer reading program was held at the Bowman School for a five week period from July 6 to August 6. The enrollment was approximately 200 students grades K-6, with the inclusion of 20 METCO students. Staff numbered 50 persons including 34 classroom teachers, 3 reading specialists, 3 physical education specialists, and instructional materials specialist, an L.D. coordinator and a nurse. There were many high school students and senior citizen volunteers. The summer program funded under ESEA Title I, was evaluated and rated most successful by parents, teachers and students. The formal program evaluation was con- ducted by Morris Kaufman, Northeastern University. A report of the pro- gram and statistical information was given to the school committee. It was announced tha the Foreign Language Department of the Lex- INTERNATIONAL ington Public Schools was sponsoring an international festival on Novem- DAY ber 13, 1976 at Diamond Junior High School from 11:00-5:00 p.m. The School Committee members and public were invited to attend this gala event. Dr. Lawson said that American Education Week this year was from AMERICAN November 15-19, and that he had sent an invitation to all citizens of EDUCATION WEE: Lexington to visit the schools of Lexington, especially during the NOV. 15-19 American Education Week. He said that the support of the public is essential and the schools sincerely wanted all citizens to visit and participate in the school program. Dr. Lawson said that he and Mr; Maclnnes would be attending a meet- ENERGY ing at the invitation of the Board of Selectmen regarding energy conser- CONSERVATION vation in the town. Mr. Maclnnes reviewed a memo that he sends out an- nually regarding energy conservation in the schools. He said that he would like to hold dissemination of the memo until after the meeting. He also wished to point out to the school committee that money was in the budget for a lighting proposal which would increase the exterior lighting at the Harrington, Bridge, Fiske and Lexington High School. He reviewed some of the details of the plan. Dr. Rotberg expressed con- cern for the aesthetics and Mr. Maclnnes reassured him that this had been taken into account in the plan. It was the consensus of the school committee that Mr. Maclnnes continue with the lighting proposal. Mrs. Swanson asked the members of the committee for approval to draft SCHOOL COMMIT a letter of support for students seeking money from local organizations REPORTS ROOF for the roof mural at the high school field house. The consensus of the MURAL committee was that such a letter of support be written. The following dates were established for school committee meetings: CALENDAR November 22, December 13, January 10 and January 24. It was agreed to take up additional executive minutes at the next EXECUTIVE school committee meeting. MINUTES It was VOTED: to go into Executive Session at 9:55 p,m. for the purpose of dis- cussing a matter of litigation and negotiation. (Brown, yes, Wadsworth, Yes; Michelman, yes; Swanson, yes; Rotberg, yes) Page 189 November 8, 1976 It was announced the school committee would not return to Open Session. Respectfully / submitted,/ �f^ " Glit rte{,!/ /k Richard H. rnes Recording ecretary