1987-01-26 School Committee Minutes

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READING PUBLIC SCHOOLS Reading, Massachusetts SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Call to Order JANUARY 26, 1987 Chairman Cliff Allen called the regular meeting of the Reading School Committee to order at 7:38 p.m. on January 26, 1987 in the Superintendent's Conference Room at 34 Gould Street. Members of the School Committee who were present were: Cliff Allen, Carol Lyons, Barbara Philbrick & George Shannon. Absent were Richard Coco and Stanley Nissen, both of whom had called the Chairman to indicate they could not be present because of previous commitments. Also present were the Superintendent, Robert S. Wells, Assistant Superintendents, Robert J. Munnelly, and Ronald A. Winslow, Donald Farnham, Principal of the Joshua Eaton School, Mrs. Rachael Baumgartner and Cathy Symonds, parents and Co- Chairpersons of the P.T.O. Enrichment Committee at the Joshua Eaton School, parents and a reporter from the Chronicle. Approval of Minutes of January 12, 1987 A motion was made by Mr. Shannon, seconded by Mrs. Philbrick, to approve the Minutes of the Meeting of January 12, 1987. Cliff Allen then asked if there were any corrections. A Mr. John Carpenter, who had spoken at the January 12, 1987 meeting on the Birch Meadow fencing, requested that a few corrections be made to that portion of the Minutes. He stated he would like included on Page 2, under Citizens Input, in the first paragraph of Minutes after the statement that the Birch Meadow PTO had approached IBM for funds for this fencing, the reason for the denial, which was that IBM felt this was a Capital Item, and therefore, was the School District's responsibility. Mr. Cliff Allen stated the Minutes only reflected an outline of what was discussed under this item and the fact was that the request from IBM was unsuccessful. Therefore, Mr. Allen felt the statements as recorded in the Minutes would suffice. Mr. Carpenter then stated that at the bottom of this same paragraph, it stated that Mr. Allen responded to Mr. Carpenter's request for a letter from the School Committee, stating their reasons for not including this item in the Budget, if this occurred. Mr. Carpenter stated he did not recall that a response was made, and felt the "he" in the sentence did not clearly indicate who it referred to. Mr. Carpenter also requested that at the top of the next page, first paragraph, where it stated that: "Mrs. Jane Giacaloni, a parent who worked at the Birch Meadow School ", should be changed to: "Mrs. Giacaloni, a parent who