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November 7, 1978
A meeting of the Lexington School Committee was held on November 7,
1978, at 8:00'p.m., th the Bowman School Cafeteria. Those in attendance
were: Brown, Swanson, Michelman, Hoffman, Gaudet, and student represen-
tative Mende. Also present were: Lawson, Spiris, Pierson, Maclnnes and
Barnes.
It was MINUTES
10/3/78
VOTED: to accept the minutes of October 3, 1978, as presented.
(Michelmaw, Swanson, Unanimous)
VOTED: to accept the minutes of October 17, 1978, as corrected. 10/17/78
(Swanson, Gaudet, Unanimous)
Upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools it was SCHEDULE OF
PAYMENTS
VOTED: to accept the following schedule of payments. (Michelman, Swanson,
Unanimous) (See attached)
Dr. Lawson introduced the November 1, 1978, School Closing Report. SCHOOL CLOSING
He noted the enrollment of 1969 was 9609 students and the present en- REPORT
rollment was 6858. He said the enrollment for 1982, Grades K-12, was
projected to be 5138. He stated that the Lexington School Committee
on October 11, 1977, voted unanimously to adopt a policy relating to
the closing of schools, and in accordance with the policy, the 1978
School Closing Report was developed. Dr. Lawson introduced Mr. Barnes,
Director of Planning and Research; and Dr. DiGiammarino, Coordinator of
Planning; who developed the report for presentation to the school com-
mittee.
Mr. Barnes presented the 1978 Analysis of School Closing Report. He
noted that three major questions were addressed in the report:
1) How many classrooms and schools will the Lexington school system
need to educate the projected 5138 (including authorized number
of METCO students) beginning in the school year, 1982?
2) What are the grade level organizations or combinations that can
be used to determine the number of classrooms and schools needed
to house the 5138 students (including authorized number of METCO
students)?
3) What savings would result from school closings based upon projected
needs?
He noted that the study was an attempt to provide information neces-
sary to respond to those questions. He then reviewed the simulations
which are as follows:
1) 1979-1983 yearly projections by grade, by building assuming no
schools closed.
2) 1979-1983 yearly projections assuming the closing of Munroe School
with students reassigned to Fiske and Franklin,
3) 1979-1983 yearly projections assuming the closing of Adams School
with students reassigned to Bowman and Harrington with Bowman 2
students reassigned to Harrington.
4) 1979-1983 yearly projections assuming the closing of Muzzey Junior
High with students reassigned to Clarke and Diamond.
. SCHOOL'DEPARTMENT BUDGETS
Personal Services • .
October 13, 1978 Classif.ied Payrolls #9C $72,287. 69
October 27, 1978 ' ; a #10C 73,704.10
October 20, 1978 • Professional Payroll #8 419,200.86
Expenses
October 20, 1978 Bill Schedules #52 326.54
October 20, 1978 #53 62,742.06
October 20, 1978 #54 16,861.72
October 20, 1978 #55 6,114.41
October 20, 1978 #56 3,846.65
October 20, 1978 #57 12,015.30
October 27, 1978 #58 12,820.78
October 27, 1978 #59 1,716.36
October 27, 1978 #60 3,532.09
October 27, 1978 #61 9,835.43
November 3, 1978 #62 3,495.29
November 3, 1978 #63 6,554.46
November 3, 1978 #64 2,733.75
November 3, 1978 #65 6,492.05
November 3, 1978 #66 23,697.19
November 3, 1978 #67 6,440.95
Expenses (Carryover)
October 30, 1978 Bill Schedules #232 366.47
October 30, 1978 #233 21,073.45
November 3, 1978 #234 1,105.77
Out-of-State Travel
October 20, 1978 Bill Schedule #4 414.03
SPECIAL PROGRAMS Non-Lexington Funds
Adult Education
October 20, 1978 Professional Payroll 1,776.43
October 20, 1978 Bill Schedule #1 39.99
Driver Education
October 20, 1978 Professional Payroll 183.70
October 20, 1978 Bill Schedule #1 270.86
Metco Program
October 27, 1978 Classified Payroll #3C 1,763.60
October 20, 1978 Professional Payroll 3,657.73
October 20, 1978 Bill Schedules #1 26.55
October 20, 1978 #2 27,863.40
PL 94-142 Transition to Employment .
October 20, 1978 Professional Payroll 1,465.77
October 20, 1978 Bill Schedules #2 14.66
October 27, 1978 #3 79.17
PL 89-313 Special Education
October 27, 1978 Classified Payroll #3C 89.28
October 20, 1978 Professional Payroll 531.66
Bus Tickets
October 20, 1978 Bill Schedule #1 1,177.50
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He then noted the constraints as follows:
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1) To retain present teacher-pupil ratios.
2) To disrupt as few students as possible by transfer to other schools.
3) To improve instruction in the elementary art, music and French
programs by designated classrooms for these subjects.
4) To retain the authorized number of METCO students.
5) To plan to enter twenty-nine Lexington students in the Minuteman
Regional Vocational School each year.
6) The Cohort Survival ratio technique currently being used by the
Lexington Public Schools was used to gain projections through the
1982-83 school year.
7) The K-12 population figures used as a basis for the projections are
actual body counts as of November 1, 1978. This information was
made available by building, grade, street and year of graduation
for the base year (1978-79) .
8) The 0-4 information used in this study are actual body counts sup-
plied by LHS Associates. (LHS is responsible for conducting the
actual Town census.)
9) The Report of the Committee to Study the Reassignment of Pupils
was used as a basis for the new school district boundaries.
10) The 1978-79 building utilization figures resulted from discussion
with each principal in the receiving schools.
After a review of the procedures of the study, the building capacities,
and classroom utilization, he then presented the four options in the report.
Mr. Spiris commented on class sizes which illustrated class sizes
if Munroe School were closed, and if Adams and Muzzey Schools were closed.
In conclusion, Mr. Barnes noted the population trends were obtained
from discussions with Mr. Briggs, Town Planner. He said the town popula-
tion in the past year had stabilized with population changes of less than
one per cent; and no major changes in land use patterns within Lexington
were predicted.
Dr. Lawson then presented the recommendations which follow:
1) That Munroe School be closed effective September 1, 1979 and that
the Munroe students be reassigned to Fiske and Franklin.
2) That Adams and Muzzey continue to remain open during the 1979-80
school year.
Mr. Brown said the committee was in receipt of the report, and an-
nounced the School Committee's intention to schedule a meeting for in-
terested citizens. Mr. Michelman suggested that P.T.A. groups at the
receiving schools be contacted in order to have some input into the
agenda. Dr. Lawson agreed to do this. Mrs. Gaudet suggested the School
Committee visit each of the receiving schools. The Superintendent agreed
to set up a schedule.
Mr. Michelman listed several comments and suggested that if infor-
mation was available for the hearing, it would be extremely beneficial:
1) Had consideration been given to the straight line projection
method as a check on the Cohort Survival Method since the Fiske
School had a discrepancy in the enrollment projection in the
current year?
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2) Would the principals of- the receiving schools present a view of
how they wouldkztilize their buildings if students were received?
Dr. DiGiammarino feplied that after conversations with authorities
at Data Resources, they felt the Cohort Survival Technique was the proper
approach.
Mrs. Swanson added it would be extremely valuable to have examples
of class sizes under Option 1 as well as under Option 2 for Fiske and
Franklin. She also commented that it would be informative to know how
many transfer students were in each building. Mr. Barnes and Dr. Di-
Giammarino stated that they would have this information for the school
closing hearing.
It was agreed to schedule a hearing on the school closing report
(1978) for Tuesday evening, November 28.
The School Committee thanked the superintendent, Mr. Barnes and Dr.
DiGiammarino for the presentation.
Upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools it was NEW PERSONNEL
(PROFESSIONAL)
VOTED: to accept the following new personnel (professional) :
(Michelman, Gaudet, Unanimous)
NAME SCHOOL/SUBJECT EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
Upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools it was PERSONNEL
CHANGES
VOTED: to accept the following personnel changes (classified) : (CLASSIFIED)
(Gaudet, Michelman, Unanimous)
Retirements
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New Personnel
Effective: 11/6/78
Change of Hours
Effective: 11/6/78
*Subject to change upon com-
pletion of negotiations.
Upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools it was PERSONNEL
CHANGES
VOTED: to accept the following personnel changes (professional): (PROFESSIONAL)
(Swanson, Michelman, Unanimous)
Retirement Yrs. In Lexington Effective Reason
Resignations
Maternity Leave
Change Effective Date of Retirement
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Degree Change
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Coaching Recommendations
*Subject to change upon ratification of LEA/SC contract.
The School Committee acknowledged the retirements of Mitchell J.
Spirit (24 years of service) , and Mrs. Gladys Washburn, Secretary to
Mr. Maclnnes, (212 years of service) . They expressed their gratitude
to each of them for their dedicated service.
The Superintendent stated that he was pleased with the overwhelm- RATIFICATION OF
ing vote of the teachers to ratify the three-year contract. He acknow- SCHOOL COMMITTEE/
ledged the leadership of Bob Lague, LEA President; Mitchell Spiris, LEA AGREEMENT
James Maclnnes, and counsel Alan Miller. He said he recommended the
contract be ratified by the School Committee.
It was
VOTED: to accept and ratify the agreement with the Lexington Educa-
tion Association as stated in the memorandum of agreement of
October 16, 1978. (Michelman, Hoffman, Unanimous)
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
October 16, 1978
The present agreement shall be continued through August 31, 1981
with the following modifications:
1. Effective either July 1, or September 1, 1978, whichever is appli-
cable, salaries and stipends shall be increased by 5%; effective
July 1, or September 1, 1979, increases shall be 52%; effective
July 1, or September 1, 1980, increases shall be 521.
2. Retirement Incentive
A separate letter apart from the contract but enforceable under
the grievance procedure shall provide as follows: Teachers with
15 years of continuous service in Lexington School System who give
written notice by December 1, 1978 of irrevocable intent to retire
either at end of 1979-80 school year or 1980-81 school year shall
receive $2500 during their last year or last 2 years whichever is
applicable.
Teachers who give notice by December 1, 1979 of irrevocable intent
to retire at end of 1980-81 school year shall receive $2500 during
their last year.
A teacher who has given retirement notice stated above shall not be
laid off prior to his/her retirement.
3. Article XXXI
Elementary teachers shall have release time to prepare the written
conferences forms on the Thursday afternoons immediately preceding
the required fall and spring conferences.
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4. Article XXVII ;
The Committee shall furnish the Association with an agenda and
minutes of its meetings except for agendas and minutes of its
meetings held in executive session and kept confidential in ac-
cordance with laws governing meetings of the Committee.
5. Maternity
Grievants in the previous arbitration case and professional staff
who have become eligible since the date of the arbitration hear-
ing shall receive pay to which they are entitled.
6. Special Education Stipend
Effective 1978-79 school year: only teachers qualifying under
definitions proposed by School Committee and agreed to by LEA
shall receive stipends. A special class teacher shall be defined
as: a staff member who works in a substantially separate class-
room with fifty (507) or more of those students having a 502.4
prototype will qualify for the special class teacher stipend.
7. Leadership
Article shall be deleted from the contract. Those teachers pres-
ently receiving leadership awards shall continue to receive them
for the duration of their proposals pursuant to the previous con-
tract. Those teachers who have applied for leadership and who are
successful shall receive their awards for the duration of their
proposals pursuant to the previous contract.
Professional staff who have received leadership under the old pro-
gram (prior to 1976-1977) shall continue to be grandfathered.
8. Coaches' Package - as agreed.
9. Longevity
Effective September 1, 1978, teachers shall receive longevite pay-
ments as follows:
After 15 years of continuous service in Lexington - $200
After 20 years of continuous service in Lexington - $300
After 25 years of continuous service in Lexington - $400
A teacher hired prior to February 1, shall be given credit for the
full year.
10. Articles XXXIII (Reduction in Force) and
Article XVII, B (Sickness of Near Relative) :
Shall remain as written in the current contract.
Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, it was SETTING OF
SALARIES
VOTED: to accept the salaries of personnel listed on the following
pages: (Michelman, Swanson, Unanimous)
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• PROFESSIONAL SALARIES
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Attached is a listing of salaries for the professional staff who have been
previously elected for the school year 1978-79. These salaries have been set
in accordance with the LEA/LSC contract recently negotiated.
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
NAME SALARY LEVEL & STEP
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PROFESSIONAL SALARIES(Cont.)
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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Cont.)
NAME SALARY LEVEL & STEP
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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Cont.)
NAME SALARY LEVEL & STEP
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PROFESSIONAL SALARIES(Cont.)
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL(Cont.)
NAME SALARY LEVEL & STEP
CI.ARKE JR. HIGH SCHOOL
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PROFESSIONAL SALARIES(Cont.)
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CLARKE JR. HIGH SCHOOL(Cont.)
NAME SALARY LEVEL & STEP
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PROFESSIONAL SALARIES(Cont.)
DIAMOND JR. HIGH SCHOOL
NAME SALARY LEVEL & STEP
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PROFESSIONAL SALARIES(Cont.)
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DIAMOND JR.HIGH SCHOOL(Cont.)
NAME SALARY LEVEL & STEP
MUZZEY JR. HIGH SCHOOL
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MUZZEY JR.HIGH SCAOOL(Cont.)
NAME SAIARY LEVEL & STEP
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MULTI SCHOOL
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PROFESSIONAL SALARIES (Cont.)
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ADAMS SCHOOL
NAME SALARY LEVEL & STEP
BOWMAN SCHOOL
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BOWMAN SCHOOL (Cont.)
NAME SALARY LEVEL & STEP
BRIDGE SCHOOL
ESTABROOK SCHOOL
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ESTABROOK SCHOOL (Cont.)
NAME SALARY LEVEL & STEP
FISKE SCHOOL
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FISKE SCHOOL(Cont.)
NAME SALARY LEVEL & STEP
FRANKLIN SCHOOL
HARRINGTON SCHOOL
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HARRINGTON SCHOOE(Cont.)
NAME SALARY LEVEL & STEP
MARIA HASTINGS SCHOOL
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PROFESSIONAL SALARIES(Cont.)
MUNROE SCHOOL
NAME SALARY LEVEL & STEP
NURSES
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
METCO
94-142 GRANT
COMPUTER CENTER
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PROFESSIONAL SALARIES(Cont.)
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COORDINATORS & DEPARTMENT HEADS
NAME SALARY LEVEL & STEP
PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS
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It was agreed to "hold" the setting of administrators' salaries SALARY SETTING
for further discussion (ADMINISTRATION)
Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, it was CONCORD/CONCORD-
CARLISLE AFFILI-
VOTED: to accept the re-affiliation of the Concord/Concord-Carlisle ATION WITH EDCO
School System as a member of the Education Collaborative, and
invite them to participate as a voting member in the next EDCO
Board Meeting, effective Thursday, November 30, 1978, subject
to such conditions prescribed by EDCO, Inc. (Michelman, Swan-
son, Unanimous)
Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, it was PSYCHOTHERAPY
EXCEPTION
VOTED: to accept the following psychotherapy exception: (Swanson,
Gaudet, Unanimous)
It was announced that American Education Week would be the week AMERICAN EDUCATION
of November 12, and all citizens were invited to visit their schools. WEEK
Dr. Lawson presented the School Committee with a memorandum from SAT SCORES
Dr. Clune which noted the 1977-78 Senior SAT scores. He stated that
the Mathematics SAT scores remained the same as last year, 518; but
verbal scores had increased to 478 from 473.
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A letter was read from Robert J. O'Donnell, Direction of Evalu- NEASC LETTER
ations, for the Commission on Public Schools of the New England As-
sociation of Schools and Colleges, Inc. , which informed the School
Committee that the Commission on Public Schools at its September 24-
25 meeting recommended that the Lexington High School be awarded con-
tinued accreditation in the Association for ten years through 1988,
and the recommendation would be acted upon by the Executive Committee
at the December 7, 1978 meeting.
It was
VOTED: to go into executive session at 9:38 p.m: to discuss a col-
lective bargaining matter. The chairman announced that the
School Committee would be coming out of executive session
, later in the evening. (Michelman, yes; Hoffman, yes; Gaudet,
yes; Swanson, yes; Brown, yes)
It was
VOTED: to return to open session at 10:16 p.m. (Swanson, Michelman,
Unanimous)
It was moved by Mrs. Swanson to deny the grievance of
The motion was seconded by Mr. Hoffman. Mr. Michelman pro- GRIEVANCE
posed an amendment to the original motion as follows: #78-79-1
That the grievance be denied on the basis of the following find-
ings:
1) Certain supervisors' evaluations were not shown to the
grievant in the manner required by the contract.
2) No showing was made of resultant prejudice to the grievant
which would warrant the relief requested in the grievance.
The motion on the amendment was seconded by Mr. Hoffman.
A vote was called on the amendment. (Yes, Hoffman, Michelman;
No, Swanson, Gaudet, Brown)
A vote was called on the original motion that the grievance of
be denied. (Swanson, Hoffman, Unanimous)
It was
VOTED: to adjourn at 10:20 p.m- (Swanson, Gaudet, Unanimous) ADJOURNMENT
Respectfully submitted,
�R&elkand H. Barnes-
Recording
arnesRecording Secretary
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