1988-10-03 School Committee Minutes

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It , ,, 14 READING PUBLIC SCHOOLS READING, MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING REGULAR SESSION MINUTES CALL TO ORDER OCTOBER 3, 1988 Chairman George Shannon called the regular meeting of the Reading School Committee to order at 7:35 p.m. in the Superintendent's Conference Room. All members were present except Richard Coco and Carol Lyons. Also present were Superintendent Robert J. Munnelly, Assistant Superintendent Lynn M. Bak, members of the Parker Middle School and a reporter from the Chronicle. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Stan Nissen moved to approve the Minutes from the September 26, 1988 meeting with the following corrections: change Harrison to Herrick on page 4, and add Margaret Cowell in place of reference to Kendra Cooper also on page 4. Margaret Cowell seconded the motion. The vote was three in favor with Barbara Philbrick abstaining. BILLS AND PAYROLLS The warrants for Bills and Payrolls were as follows: BILLS: October 3, 1988 - General Expe -nse - $68,896.58 PAYROLLS: September 22, 1988 - Teachers - $373,417.56 September 16, 1988 - Weekly - $ 42,294.63 September 23, 1988 - Weekly - $ 44,686.72 September 30, 1988 - Weekly - $ 49,429.24 CITIZEN'S INPUT Kendra Cooper noted the above minute correction. SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS Principal Jack Delaney introduced members in the Parker Middle School faculty. Staff members Joan Clifford, Ellen Howland, Bill Cowles and Mary Abegg presented the Parker faculty's plan for enhancing students' higher level thinking skills including; the planning proposal that was presented to the entire staff in May, 1987; the plan for workshops and consultant inservice that was conducted in the 1987 -88 school year; and the implementation plan developed by the Steering Committee for the present school year. A brief question and comment period followed including the sharing of the student learning that teachers have observed since the organization of this program.