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Town Celebrations Committee
August 17, 2011
Ellen Stone Room, Cary Hall
Members present
Dick Crogan, Linda Dixon, Mary Gillespie, Jo-Anne Granger, Paul Jenkins, Julie Miller,
Wayne Miller, Bill Mix, Henry Murphy, Sandy Podgorski, Charlie Price and Bob Tracey
Members not present
Suzie Barry, Sondra Lucente, Jim Shaw and Dave Taylor
Business
Linda Dixon called the meeting to order at 7 pm.
Veterans’ Day 2011
Committee members discussed the submission of contest essays by e-mail but, after
learning that (1) many teachers assign these essays as part of regular class work and
need to collect them in order to grade them, and (2) teachers regularly review them for
obvious signs of plagiarism before submitting them to the committee, it makes sense to
continue our practice of having the students hand the essays directly to their teachers
for Mary Gillespie to pick up later.
Since the committee has its own e-mail address, Linda Dixon suggested that Lexington
students not attending public schools, who want to participate in the contest, submit
their entries by e-mail. We do not verify these entries for plagiarism now, so using e-
mail instead of US mail should not matter. This will increase the speed and convenience
for the entrant. Someone, possibly Suzie, will have to remember to take any
submissions from the mailbox on deadline day and forward them to the subcommittee.
Linda will send committee members two documents: (1) the announcement flyer that
Mary will hand out at her meeting with the social studies teachers. This same
announcement will be sent to the media. (2) The time line showing steps in the process
beginning next week when Mary plans to visit the superintendent of schools.
Committee members should read the documents and let Linda know of any suggested
edits.
Meeting adjourned at 7:30 pm.
Transcribed by,
Sandy Podgorski