1988-07-25 School Committee Minutes

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SCHOOL COMMITTEE MINUTES 2 JULY 25, 1988 Mr. Shannon assured Mr. Melconian that the issue would be placed on a future School Committee agenda. SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS School Committee member Nancy Drane and two of her colleagues, Rachel Tsutsumi and Joanna Grabarek (who was unable to attend the meeting), showed their multi -media project, "All that Jazz," a 1988 State winner of the National History Day competition. The girls attended this competition in Washington, D.C. from June 12, 1988 through June 16, 1988. Their presentation came in fourth place in the States and fifth in the Nationals. The theme of the competition was "Frontiers ", and the young women did a masterful job of presenting the history of jazz in 9 minutes and 50 seconds via a slideshow and music accompaniment. There was a brief period of questions and discussion. Mr. Shannon thanked the girls and congratulated them on their placings in the State and National competition, and he complimented the girls on their original, well -done presentation. Dr. Munnelly thanked-Nancy and Rachel for their time in presenting "All that Jazz" to the School Committee and public. SUPERINTEDENT'S REPORT Dr. Munnelly had some updates for the School Committee. They were as follows: 0 Dr. Munnelly visited with President Dimitry and the staff at Northern Essex Community College to continue planning for the Community College Satellite Program in Reading. The school has brochures in press reflecting an assortment of offerings andlooks forward to a successful pilot year with Reading. Under the leadership of the new Summer School Director, Jeff Cryan, Reading's 1988 program is off to a flying start and doing well, despite the heat of the summer. • Committee Chairman George Sannon has received a check for $1,000 from the Woburn District Court in support of Reading's Substance Abuse program. A portion of fines collected by the court have been made available by the good work of Police Lt. Bob Silva and Prevention Educator Jane Fiore. Dr. Munnelly extended his thanks to Lt. Silva, Ms. Fiore and Judge Cullen of the Woburn District Court system. EVALUATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT Mr. Shannon and Mr. Nissen carried out the discussion summarizing the School Committee's assessment of Superintendent Munnelly's first year.