1987-06-10 School Committee Minutes

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READING PUBLIC SCHOOLS Reading, Massachusetts SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES Call to Order 201 JUNE 14. 1987 Chairman Cliff Allen called the special meeting of the Reading School Committee to order at 8 :06 p.m. on June 11, 1987 in the Superintendent's Conference Room at 34 Gould Street. All members of the School Committee were present. Also present were the Assistant Superintendent, Ronald A. Winslow, William Griset, Jr., Eileen Woods, Elia Dangelmaier, liason committee members from Supt.'s Screening Committee, Consultant, Romeo Marquis, and parents. Mr. Cliff Allen introduced Mr. Marquis who stated he would like to have Mrs. Eileen Woods, Chairperson of the Superintendent's Screening Committee, give the School Committee a brief overview of the process they used to interview the candidates. Mr. Marquis stated when Mrs. Woods had finished he would like to go over what he considered to be interview priorities. Mrs. Woods stated they looked at the Reading Profile and set up four categories which were general advocacy and use of resources, impact on parents and students, research program supervision, and a personal category. She stated during the interviewing process the committee kept track of which questions were being asked. Mrs. Woods noted the committee found that they were asking spontaneous questions in response to the answers the candidates were giving, along with questions which had been formulated from their resumes. She stated the questions were not asked in any specific order and not all questions were asked of each candidate, although they did find they were asking 2 or 3 questions in each category of each candidate pretty much. Mr. Griset stated they found they were tailoring many of the questions according to the candidate being interviewed, although trying to be consistent in asking question from the categories which they had already set up. The School Committee questioned the Screening Committee members on what kinds of materials each candidate had received before the interviews. Mr. Romeo Marquis stated one candidate had remarked that they hadn't felt the committee was just asking questions from a sheet, and if there were any "stock" questions, they hadn't been aware of them, which suggested to him that the process was a good one.