1988-07-25 School Committee Minutes

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READING PUBLIC SCHOOLS Reading, Massachusetts SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING REGULAR SESSION CALL TO ORDER JULY 25, 1988 Chairman George Shannon called the regular meeting of the Reading School Committee to order at 8:15 p.m. in the Conference Room of the Superintendent's Office at 34 Gould Street. All members were present except Margaret Cowell. Also present were Superintendent Robert J. Munnelly; Assistant Superintendent Lynn M. Bak; parents, and a reporter from the Chronicle. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Richard Coco made a motion to approve the Minutes from the July 11, 1988 meeting. Barbara Philbrick seconded that motion. The vote was 4 -0 -1, with Mr. Nissen abstaining because he was not in attendance on the 11th. BILLS AND PAYROLLS The warrants for Bills and Payrolls were as follows: BILLS: July 25, 1988 - General Expense - $20,112.10 August 1, 1988 - General Expense - $34,138.02 August 8, 1988 - General Expense - $36,647.36 PAYROLLS July 14, 1988 - Teachers - $ 97,316.54 July 28, 1988 - Teachers - $109,178.25 July 22, 1988 - Weekly - $ 19,453.91 July 29, 1988 - Weekly - $ 21,989.97 August 5, 1988 - Weekly - $ 23,555.38 CITIZEN'S INPUT Mr. Melconian, a parent of the Reading community with a child in the Gifted and Talented program being conducted in the four elementary schools, wished to express his concern over the lack of favorable input from children, teachers and parents of the Reading school system, which he felt had been overlooked by the School Committee, to defend that program and its intentions. Due to time constraints, however, a more in -depth discussion was not able to take place, and Mr. Melconian requested that this discussion be put on a future agenda of the School Committee.