1994-06-06 School Committee Minutes

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READING PUBLIC SCHOOLS Reading, Massachusetts SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING OPEN HEARING MINUTES JUNE 6, 1994 CALL TO ORDER Chair Roberta D'Antona called the open hearing of the School Committee to order at 7:40 p.m. in the Reading Memorial High School Lecture Hall. All members were present with the ex- ception of Timothy Twomey who was expected to arrive later. Also present were Superintendent Robert J. Munnelly, Assistant Superintendent Dennis Richards, METCO Coordinator Wilma Fraser, METCO Executive Director Jean McGuire, METCO Trans- portation Director Lance Carter and a reporter from the Chronicle. There were approximately 125 interested Reading citizens and METCO parents and students in the audience. School Committee member George Shannon commented about the Chronicle article under "School Notes" that mentioned some members of the School Committee were surprised to learn they had declared June 10th, the 350th Celebration Day, as "purple and white day". He stated the School Committee had voted this in at Barrows School Committee meeting on April 8, 1994. METCO PROGRAM UPDATE METCO Coordinator Wilma Fraser and Assistant Superintendent Dennis Richards began the update of the METCO program. Ms. Fraser informed the audience of the people who work for the METCO program in Reading. For 1993-94 Ms. Fraser stated 94 students have been dispersed throughout the Reading school system. Ms. Fraser presented the activities each school participated in for the 1993 -94 school year and she listed the following 1994-95 goals for the METCO program: . To enhance the interaction and understanding of the staff regarding the multicultural student. To increase METCO parent school communication. . To increase the communities awareness of the METCO program. . On going monitoring of academic, social and school activity involvement of the students.