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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-04-15-SC-min Lexington School Committee Minutes - April 15, 1987 Pace 1 A meeting of the Lexington School Committee was held on Wednesday, April 15, 1967 at 7:00 p.m. in Cary Memorial Hall= Present were: Koplow, Leader, Newman, Wik and Clough. Also present were Pierson, Zimmerman, Maelnnes, DiGiammarino and Barnes. Peggy Fenner, kindergarten teacher at Estabrook School, read a PUBLIC letter expressing concerns about implementing all-morning kindergarten PARTICIPATION in 1987. Mrs. Koplow, in response to the readingoI the letter by Ms. Fenner, said she was disturbed to hear the extreme vocabulary used that indi- cated the School Committee was lacking insight and care. She felt that the opposite was true and wanted the record to show that she did not agree with, th= extreme statements. Mr. Clough said he shared the concern of Mrs. Koplow and wanted the staff to know that there was a political element to the issue. He felt the opportunity was present this year to implement the all morning kindergarten in 97-88 for which money may not be available the following year (88-89) . Ed Good, citizen of Lexington for over 20 years and presently a high school math teacher/Department Head, said he respected the management of the school system and that of the other Department Heads! Coordinators. He emphasized it was necessary for the School Committee to be very alert to the need to sustain a proven first-class program in the Lexington Public Schools and not introduce new programs at the expense of others. The Financial Statement was discussed. Dr. Pierson outlined FINANCIAL STATE- options for addressing the projected deficit in the school budget. MENT AND DEFICIT He said he was recommending the School Committee ask the Town for • approximately $50,000 from E and D. Mr. Clough said the Appropria- tions Committee and Selectmen seemed supportive of this amount of • money. At this point a brief discussion pursued. It was MOVED: to solicit from the reserve fund (request transfer) an amount • no less that $50,000 any excess being used towards eliminating any further school budget defecit. (Koplow, Leader, Unanimous) Suggested reductions in the fiscal '86 budget were reviewed and a '68 BUDGET variety of alternatives discussed. Dr. Pierson noted that the Alter- REDUCTIONS/OPTIONS native II options indicated a $150,000 reduction which did not include the reduction of the housemaster since the housemaster was a trade-off for added high school staff. Mrs. Leader stated that before she made a final commitment to the Clarke Stream she would want see a full evaluation of the current N program and how it will be evaluated if moved up to the middle school. Mrs. Koplow expressed concern for the Life Skills project and re- quested more information. At this point, Mr. Clough asked the School Committee if they felt :a R Lexington School Committee Minutes - April 15, 1937 reconsideration should be requested by the School Committee on the Town Meeting Floor on April 27. It was agreed to discuss this topic at a future date, Mr Clough announced that the School C Committee would explore the concept of "userfees" at a future meeting also. Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent p_rinteagent .,. Schools, it was VOTED: to Services accept the Food - ceContract as o L Food ``rv: s :,s noted Page FOOD SERVICES Fader, Unanimous; a 3 { ut wr i (To '` embodied the OfficialCONTRACT Minutes) 6 IDSA 7-36, 63-30 VOTED: to accept the Schedule of Payments as listed on Page plow104 and PAYMENTS 104A. (KoOF plow,, Wik, Unanimous) (Sc be embodied in the PAYMENTS Official Minutes. ) VOTED: to accept the Personnel Changes (Certified) as lista CHANGES- Page 105. (Leader, KC lowd onPERSONNELII p Unanimous) (To be embodied in the CERTIFIED Official Minutes, ) VOTED: to accept the Personnel Changes (Classified) as listed on PERSONNEL Ca Page-A. (Leader, Wik, Unanimous) R' I ANDES Official Minutes. ) (To be embodied in the CLASSIFIED VOTED: toaccept t eptete�New Personnel-Secondary as listed on Page 106. NEW PERSONNEL- forF April 6, 1387 - June 30, 1937 at the annualSEGO.;DN salary, step and level stated. (Leader, ARY Koplcw, Unanimous) in(To be embodiedthe Official Minutes. ) VOTED: that the staff listed on Page 107 not be re-elected at this NON-TENURE STAFF- time because there is no position school year. (Wik, , available for the next NO POSITION school Official Koplow, Unanimous) (To be embodied in the AVAILABLE ficial Minutes. ) Mr. Newman expressed hope that there would be an opportunity to DITC,_USEION TnPICS discuss with staff all morning kindergarten and other issues, Mr. Clough said he also felt extended public discussione place and had scheduled the tonic for thee_April 2t Testiting to take *._. It Was VOTED: to convene in Executive Session at 7:49 n.m. to discuss mat- ters pertaining to contract negotiations and ;; _ of c.�_atioras the poss�'•i dist ee, one or more employees. '? Yes, KepioPr;; Ye= Wik;es, reader, Yes, Pen,L:ani Yes, Clough. The Chairman announced the School Committee would not be returning to Public Session. Resile-t•ully submitte Richard H. -ernes Recordin secretary AP DVED: -October 20. 19f7