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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-10-06-SC-min Lexington School Committee Minutes - October 6, 1987 Pane 1 A meeting of the Lexington School Committee was held on Tuesday, October 6, 1987 at 8:00 p.m. in the Lexington High School Student Library. Present were Koplow, Leader and Clough. Also present were Zimmerman, Bent, Maclnnes, DiGiammarino and Barnes. Mr. Clough indicated to the audience that Mrs. Wik and Mr. Newman were with Mr. Miller and Mr. Barnes who were negotiating with the LEA and should join the School Committee within the hour. He also indi- cated that discussion of aide time at the Bowman School would be post- poned until their return. Jim Cawley, Lexington High School teacher, read a petition asking PETITION-WARING that the dismissal hearing on Dr. Waring be held in Public Session. HEARING He said the petition contained 2,626 signatures which were obtained in seven days. Mr. Cawley also read a statementfrom a former School Committee member, Patricia Swanson, supporting an open hearing. Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, it was VOTED: to accept the Schedule of Payments as listed on Page 36. SCHEDULE OF (Leader, Koplow, Unanimous) (To be embodied in the Official PAYMENTS Minutes. ) The third reading of the Home Education Policy was held. HOME EDUCATION POLICY Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, it was VOTED: to accept the Home Education Policy. (Leader, Koplow, Unani- mous) The second reading of the Unusable Instructional Materials Policy UNUSABLE INSTRUC- was held. There was no action taken on the policy. TIONAL MATERIALS POLICY The School Committee reviewed Mr. Macinnes's list of activities STATUS OF and status reports on renovations. Mr. Clough said the School Commit- RENOVATIONS tee would review the items at the next School Committee meeting. Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, it was VOTED: to accept the Personnel Changes-Certified as listed on Page PERSONNEL CHANGES- 37. (Leader, Koplow, Unanimous) (To be embodied in the Of- CERTIFIED ficial Minutes. ) VOTED: to accept the Personnel Changes-Classified as listed on Page PERSONNEL CHANGES- 37-A. (Leader, Koplow, Unanimous) (To be embodied in the Of- CLASSIFIED ficial Minutes. ) VOTED: to accept the Special Class Stipends for the school year 1987- SPECIAL CLASS 88 as listed on Page 38 in the amount named (11/69, subject STIPENDS to negotiations for 87-68) . (Koplow, Leader, Unanimous) (To be embodied in the Official Minutes. ) Lexington School Committee Minutes - October 6, 1987 Page 2 VOTED: to accept the Extra-Duty Stipend as listed on Page 39. EXTRA-DUTY STIPEND (Leader, Koplow, Unanimous) (To be embodied in the Official Minutes. ) Budget Guidelines for 88-89 Budget were postponed for discussion BUDGET GUIDELINES at the next meeting. Policies regarding student rights (hazing and prohibition of fire POLICIES REGARDING arms) were reviewed. Dr. Zimmerman informed the School Committee that STUDENT RIGHTS three votes were not needed on this type of policy since it was a state mandate. It was VOTED: to accept the two policies as presented. (Koplow, Leader, Unanimous) (To be embodied in the Official Minutes. ) The Committee viewed two video tapes produced by Paul Lombard, VIDEO TAPE-SPECIAL Debbie Packard and Sandy Goldstein in cooperation with Wendy Thompson. The tapes which were informational in nature informed parents of pre- school children of the available services in the Lexington Public Schools. The Enrollment Report was presented by Dr. DiGiammarino. It indi- ENROLLMENT REPORT cated that in this school year (87-88) , there were 4469 students in grades K-12 which represented a drop of 95 or -2.1%. He noted that there were 108 more students at the elementary level, 14 fewer at mid- dle schools and 189 fewer at the High School. Since there was some question about the student projection for next year at the Bowman elementary school, Dr. DiGiammarino was asked to investigate the matter and report to the School Committee at a future meeting. At this point there was a short recess from 9:19 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. At 9:30 p.m. Mrs. Wik and Mr. Newman joined the meeting. Mr. Clough announced that a tentative agreement had been reached LEA/SCHOOL COMMIT- with the Lexington Teachers Association. TEE AGREEMENT Dr. Zimmerman reported on the issue of instructional aide time at AIDE TIME-BOWMAN Bowman. She said her recommendation was that one aide be added for 20 hours a week and this aide be deployed to alleviate the crowding when classes were grouped for certain subjects. Dr. Zimmerman remind- ed everyone that the appointment would be only for one year and that it was not precedent setting. She added that the commitments made to Bridge parents who were asked to consider Bowman because of overcrowd- ing school compelled her to feel a special responsibility in this issue. Mr. Horton spoke indicating that he and third grade teachers had discussed the problem. He agreed that any additional staff would be beneficial. Several parents spoke in behalf of more aide time. Others request- ed an additional teacher. " Lexington School Committee Minutes - October 6, 1987 pace Mrs. Koplow said she wished to amend the offering of one aide at 20 hrs/wk to two aides at 15 hrs each/wk. She said that this action would provide more flexibility. The amendment was moved by Mrs. Koplow, seconded by Mrs. Leader. A vote was called on the amendment. Yes, Koplow, Leader; No, Newman, Wik, Clough. The amendment having failed a vote was'taken on the Superintendent's recommendation. Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, it was VOTED: to accept additional instructional aide time (20 hrs/wk) for the Bowman school, grade 2 `oy tha 19Q7-99 year only. (Newman, Wik, Unanimous) (Tobe embodied in the Official Min- utes. ) It was VOTED: to convene in Executive Session at 10:08 p.m. to discuss mat- EXECUTIVE SESSION ters pertaining to negotiations, potential litigation and hearing format. Yes, Koplow; Yes, Leader; Yes, Newman; Yes, Wik; Yes, Clough. The Chairman announced that the School Committee would be return- ing to Public Session shortly. It Wa= VOTED: to reconvene in Public Session at 10:55 P.M. Koplow, Yes; Leader, Yes; Newman, Yes; Wik, Yes; Clough, Yes. Mr. Clough said that the School Committee had reviewed the issue HEARING FORMAT of the community's right to know as it related to the Waring hearing. He said the School Committee had decided the hearing would remain closed in order to guarantee an atmosphere that would be appropriate for a quasi-judicial proceeding (an atmosphere free from emo- tion. ) Mr. Newman stressed that there was no "smoking pistol" in this hearing and it was not a case of moral turpitude. He felt that witnesses needed to focus on the issues of the hearing and could not if a large audience was present which could affect them. It was VOTED: to adjourn at 11 :06 p.m, r Newman, Wik Unanimous » Respectfully submitted, • #✓GG � e ..,: 17 tnony - . e Recording S, 6retary, pro tem Richard N Barnes Record .g yecretary APPROVED: December E, 1997