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January 20, 1981
A budget meeting of the Lexington School Committee was held Tuesday,
January 20, 1981, at 8:00 p.m. , in the School Administration Building.
Present were: Gaudet, Shaw, Brown, Michelman, Student Representative
Anderson. Also present were: Lawson, Pierson, Monderer, Maclnnes, DiGiim-
marino, Barnes .
The Superintendent began the discussion by stating that the 1981-82 1981-82
Preliminary Budget being presented was for a twelve-month period, had been BUDGET
developed and reviewed over several months, reflected requests from staff
via program managers , had been screened by program managers, Central Of-
fice staff and himself through a series of meetings, and provided funds to
maintain the same staffing levels and quality of education.
The School Committee then reviewed each program as follows :
Program Area
1105 Kindergarten
1110 Art
1115 Business Concern was expressed over the program
objectives since clear achievements for
students were not noted. Dr. Pierson
agreed to review with Dr. Llewellyn.
1121 Drama
1125 Foreign Languages
1126 TESOL
1130 Home Economics
1131 Child Care
1135 Industrial Arts Mr. Michelman asked about Aviation Science
and relationship of courses given at L.H.S.
vs. M.M.V.T.S. Dr. Pierson agreed to look
into the matter and report back to the Com-
mittee.
1145 Mathematics Concern was expressed by Mr. Michelman that
specific and sufficient courses be made avail-
able to the advanced student. Dr, Lawson not-
ed that many students in junior high and some
at the elementary level were receiving advanced
courses by attending either Grade 7 courses or
Grade 10 courses . Dr. Lawson suggested that
Dr. Clune be invited to the next meeting to re-
view the offerings in the Mathematics Department.
1150 Music
1161 Physical Education Dr. Lawson noted that there was a 3.4 reduction
in staff projected. He said that the placement
of two Muzzey physical education staff had yet
to be completed. He said if not enough positions
for tenured staff were available due to the re-
ductions, he might return to the Committee with
a staffing recommendation.
1162 Intramural Sports As a result of questions in this area, Dr. Pier-
son agreed to review the matter with Ralph Lord.
1163 Interscholastic
Athletics
1170 Reading
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Program Area
1175 Science Mr. Michelman requested a review of
the High School science offerings due
to the projected decrease of two staff.
Dr. Lawson said Dr. Clune would be in-
vited to review this area.
1180 Social Studies
1186 LEAP An error in allocation of funds was
noted. The account was in need of an
added $4,500. The matter was to be
reviewed by Dr. Pierson.
1187 Experienced-
Based Education A request was made that the number of
students involved be included in this
program as well as other programs. It
was agreed to place the number of stu-
dents in each program, if possible.
1190 Health Education
It was
VOTED: to adjourn at 5:51 p.m. (Micheiman, Gaudet, Unanimous)
Respectfully submitted,
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