1988-03-28 School Committee Minutes

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READING PUBLIC SCHOOLS Reading, Massachusetts SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES MARCH 28, 1988 CALL TO ORDER Chairman George Shannon called the regular meeting of the Reading School Committee to order at 7:35 p.m. in the Conference Room of the Superintendent's Office at 34 Gould Street. All members were present except Mr. Coco. Also present were Superintendent Robert J. Munnelly; Assistant Superintendent Ronald A. Winslow and Lynn M. Bak and a reporter from the Chronicle. Mr. Shannon also welcomed the newly - elected Margaret Cowell to the School Committee. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion was made by Stan Nissen, seconded by Carol Lyons, to approve the Minutes of the meeting of March 7, 1988. The vote was unanimous. BILLS AND PAYROLLS Warrants for bills and payrolls were approved as follows: BILLS March 21, 1988 - General Expense - $39,807.72 March 28, 1988 - General Expense - $49,514.78 April 4, 1988 - General Expense - $54,115.52 PAYROLLS March 11, 1988 - Weekly - $4.6,509.90 March 18, 1988 - Weekly - $48,191.51 March 25, 1988 - Weekly - $49,371.77 March 24, 1988 - Teachers - $357,909.55 CITIZEN'S INPUT There was no citizen's input. SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS Ms. Lynn Bak then introduced Mrs. Joan Morse, Library Media Coordinator for all local schools, to the School Committee members. Her focus was on Reading's school media program to date and the constant interaction of all school specialists and teachers in planning and instruction for the students. By way of a slide show, Mrs. Morse gave the School Committee a few illustrations of what each library media specialist at each school was involved with in the past year and at the present time. Mrs. Morse then introduced each of the media specialists