1985-06-03 School Cimmittee Minutes

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• 63 READING PUBLIC SCHOOLS 1 Reading, Massachusetts SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES JUNE 3 ,1985 Call to Order Chairman Allen called a regular meeting of the Reading School Commit- tee to order on June 3 , 1985 , at 7: 34 p. m. , in the Central Office Conference Room. All members were present except Mr. Lewis , who arrived at 7: 48 p. m. Also present were Superintendent Wells and Assistant Superintendents Munnelly and Winslow. There were eight visitors including Barrows School Principal Charles Papandreou and first grade Teachers Nancy Cleary, Priscilla Delong and Barbara Hendricks , Mrs. Eileen Woods , teacher of the gifted and talented , and representatives of the Finance Committee and Daily Chronicle. Approval of Minutes of May 20 , 1985 On a motion by Mr. Coco, seconded by Mr. Nissen, the minutes of the meeting of May 20 , 1985 were unanimously approved. Bills and Payrolls Warrants for bills and payrolls were approved as follows: Bills May 31 , 1985 - General Expense - $23 ,216 . 40 June 7 , 1985 - General Expense - $20 ,564 . 57 Payrolls May 30 , 1985 - Teachers - $326 , 486. 18 May 31 , 1985 - Weekly - $26 , 351.21 June 7 , 1985 - Weekly - $26 , 475 . 16 Citizens ' Input There was no citizens' input. School Highlights This segment of the agenda was presented by Mr . Papandreou , Mrs . Cleary, Mrs. Delong and Mrs. Hendricks, and featured units of the social studies curriculum dealing with "China" and "People. " Through the use of slides , examples of the students' work and verbal explan- ations they demonstrated a multi-facetted approach to learning. The various disciplines merged , i . e. , art , music , reading, spelling, writing , with the social studies units on China as the students learned about the art , music, architecture , etc. , of the Country, as