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READING PUBLIC SCHOOLS <br />Reading, Massachusetts <br />SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING <br />REGULAR SESSION MINUTES MARCH 9, 1993 <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />Chair Matthew Cummings reconvened the meeting into open <br />session at 9: 10 p.m. , following executive session and a recess <br />during which School Committee members attended an open hearing <br />of the "YES for Reading Committee". All members of the School <br />Committee were present. Also present were Superintendent <br />Robert J. Munnelly, Interim Assistant Superintendent Susan Y. <br />Wheltle, a reporter from the Chronicle, former Selectman <br />Russell Graham and Chair of the School Building Committee <br />Roger Sanstad. <br />NEW BUSINESS <br />Chair Cummings announced that he would make appointments to <br />the Audit Committee and the Bear Hill Committee. Dr. Munnelly <br />advised that he had recruited Tom Blaney, a teacher in the <br />Reading Memorial High School Business Department, to serve on <br />the Audit Committee. <br />On the recommendation of the Administration, Barbara Philbrick <br />moved to appoint Tom Blaney to serve on the Audit Committee. <br />George Shannon seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous. <br />Chair Cummings reported that the Selectmen had formed a <br />committee to study requests for proposals for the development <br />of the Bear Hill site, and that Selectman ,George Hines had <br />moved to include a School Committee member on the committee to <br />keep the Administration apprised of any development's <br />potential for school -age population impact. Chair Cummings <br />appointed School Committee member Timothy Twomey as its repre- <br />sentative to the Bear Hill Committee. <br />PER -PUPIL EXPENDITURES (out of order) <br />Superintendent Munnelly shared with the School Committee the <br />Department of Education report of per -pupil expenditures <br />compiled for 1991 -1992. This report shows Reading overall as <br />$529 below the state average expenditure. He advised that <br />copies of this report are in the Central Office and are <br />available to the public. Dr. Munnelly added that this report <br />includes data on regular day, special education and integrated <br />operating costs, which includes expenditures made on the <br />municipal side of government for the schools. He noted that <br />while Reading is more the $500 below the overall average, our <br />spending on instruction in the regular day program is above <br />the state average. This, he observed, is indicative of the <br />