2000-01-05 School Committee Minutes

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REGULAR SESSION -2- January 5, 2000 LIAISON REPORTS Ms. Cavicchi stated that she had attended the Board of Selectmen's meeting and Lincoln Properties, the second bidder for the landfill, has advised the Board that they are interested in pursuing the landfill deal. Ms. Cavicchi stated that Joe Connelly had submitted his resignation effective January 14th from Reading Recreation. She stated that Mr. Connelly will be missed. Dr. Harutunian advised that at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 7th the School Committee and the School Building Committee will hold a joint meeting in the Reading Memorial High School Lecture Hall to answer any questions regarding the proposed elementary building project. He advised that he and the Town Manager had jointly answered all questions submitted to both the Chronicle and the Advocate and had held a two hour press conference to discuss the questions and the answers. Dr. Harutunian advised that he was pleased to announce that the CARE group had decided to make copies of the press package for distribution at Friday evening's meeting. Dr. Harutunian advised that the required legal notice had been run in the paper regarding the public hearing on the budget scheduled for January 18th at 7:30 p.m. in the Reading Memorial High School Lecture Hall. FY01 BUDGET—REGULAR DAY Dr. Harutunian briefly reviewed the budget process. Dr. Harutunian stated that that due to a special education reduction the overall budget would be going down from 9.3%. Dr. Harutunian distributed new pages 48, 52, 53, 59 and 62 to the Committee. Mr. Nestor stated that the Board of Selectmen had directed the Town Manager to inform RCTV that the Board felt it important that they cover all budget meetings. Dr. Harutunian distributed a projected K-5 enrollment for 1999,2000,2001. Dr. Harutunian distributed charts showing staffing requests and the superintendent's recommendations.