1987-10-05 School Committee Minutes

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READING PUBLIC SCHOOLS Reading, Massachusetts SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 5, 1987 CALL TO ORDER Chairman George Shannon called the regular meeting of the Reading School Committee to order at 7 :30 p.m. on October 5, 1987 in the Superintendent's Conference Room at 34 Gould Street. All members of the School Committee were present, with the exception of Carol Lyons, who could not be present due to unforeseen business matters. Also present were the Superintendent, Robert J. Munnelly, Assistant Superintendent, Ronald A. Winslow, Mrs. Sandra Trainor, Chairman of the PAC, Dr. Alexanian, Director of Special Education, Mrs. Flippen and Mrs. Richardson, Resource Room teachers, parents, and a reporter from the Chronicle. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 28, 1987 A motion was made by Mr. Coco, seconded by Mrs. Philbrick, to approve the Minutes of the Meeting of Sept. 28, 1987. The vote was unanimous. BILLS AND PAYROLLS Warrants for bills and payrolls were approved as follows: Bills October 13, 1987 - Payrolls October 9, 1987 - October 16, 1987 - October 8, 1987 - SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS General Expense - $153,863.56 Weekly - $ 32,057.71 Weekly - 30,715.15 Teachers - $386,523.52 Dr. Munnelly introduced Paul Guerrette, Principal of Killam School, who was to present a program on parent involvement at the school, along with parents, Kathy Boucher, Carol Perlitz, Beth Anderson, and Maryellen Ray. Mr. Guerrette stated he was pleased to make this presentation and was proud of the involvement of the parents at the Killam School whom he had worked with over the last three (3) years. He then introduced Carol Perlitz, one of the parents, who had been very involved in the "Keep Killam Beautiful Campaign" over the last year. Mrs. Perlitz reviewed this program with the School Committee and then introduced Kathy Boucher, who spoke about some of the programs at Killam that she had been involved in such as the " Killam Country Fair ".