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READING SCHOOL COMMITTEE <br />Reading, Massachusetts <br />REGULAR SESSION February 25, 1998 <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />Chair Twomey called the meeting to order at 7 :15 p.m. at the <br />Joshua Eaton school. Present were Committee members Cavicchi, <br />D'Antona, Williams, Spadafora, Stohiman and Twomey. Also present <br />were Superintendent Harutunian and Associate Superintendent <br />Richards. <br />SCHOOL SIZE & ENROLLMENT PRESENTATION <br />Lisa Pittella thanked the members of the School Size and <br />Enrollment Committee and gave a presentation on the School Size <br />and Enrollment Committee's recommendation to the School Committee <br />for solving the elementary school enrollment problem. <br />Ms. Pittella described the three solutions recommended by the <br />School Size and Enrollment Committee including the pros and cons <br />of each solution. <br />1. New elementary school and addition /renovation to Barrows. <br />2. New elementary school only. <br />3. Convert Coolidge to K -5 or 3 -5 elementary school and build <br />new middle school. <br />Chair Twomey opened the discussion up to questions from the <br />audience. <br />Karen Millet stated that there is a need for a short term plan, <br />can't make decision not knowing short term solution. <br />Chair Twomey stated that all solutions are 2 years out. The <br />School Committee is in the process of trying to lease space in <br />town to.accommodate the overflow of kindergartners. Plan for the <br />fall of 1999 that all Killam and Birch Meadow kindergartners will <br />go to a central leased facility. <br />Phil Worth questioned where the kindergartners are going and why <br />is the School Committee going to town meeting for Coolidge <br />project when they have not decided on plan. <br />