1998-03-04 School Committee Minutes

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READING SCHOOL COMMITTEE Reading, Massachusetts REGULAR SESSION March 4, 1998 CALL TO ORDER Chair Twomey called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. in the Superintendent's Conference Room. Present were School Committee members Cavicchi, D'Antona, Spadafora, Stohlman, Twomey and Williams. Also present were Superintendent Harutunian, Associate Superintendent Richards and Beth Klepeis. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT Dr. Harutunian advised that, due to town meeting, the meeting with the RTA has been changed from March 12th to March 17th. Dr. Harutunian advised that shortly after April 1st, all Reading Schools will have high speed Internet access. DISCUSSION ON COOLIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL Chair Twomey advised that the School Committee was meeting tonight to decide whether to support the School Building Committee's recommendation for the renovation and addition of Coolidge Middle School. Chair Twomey advised that the School Building Committee had spent the last year reviewing enrollment and middle school issues. After a presentation by the architect hired to do a feasibility study which included five options to solve the middle school problem, the School Building Committee has endorsed one of the options set forth by the-architect. The School Building Committee came before the School Committee with the proposed solution and the School Committee voted to endorse putting the project on the warrant for town meeting. Working parallel to the School Building Committee was the School Size.and Enrollment Committee which was formed by the School Committee and given the charge to bring back to the School Committee three or four recommendations including the pros and cons of each to solve the elementary schools enrollment issues. One of the recommendations brought to the School Committee by the School Size and Enrollment Committee was to convert Coolidge to an elementary school and build a new middle school at Dividence Road.