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<br />READING SCHOOL COMMITTEE MINUTES DECEMBER 19, 1983
<br />Call to Order
<br />Chairman Coco called a regular meeting of the Reading School Committee to order
<br />on December 19, 1983, at 7:35 P. m., in the Central Office Conference Room. Mrs.
<br />Philbrick was absent. Mr. Allen was representing the School Committee at a
<br />meeting of Town Boards early in the evening but arrived at 8 :45 P. m. All other
<br />members were present when the meeting was called to order, as were Superintendent
<br />Wells and Assistant Superintendents Munnelly and Winslow.
<br />During the course of the meeting there were approximately 18 visitors, including
<br />Mr. Donald Welford, Director of the Adult and Community Education Program, Reading
<br />Memorial High School Principal Mr. Leonard D'Orlando, Assistant Principal Maureen
<br />Zolobus, Guidance Department Head Mrs. Rena Mirkin, also Advisor to the Student
<br />Advisory Committee (SAC), SAC members Susan Nordberg, Tricia Callaghan, Phil Daly,
<br />Robert Griffin, Rick Collari, Rob Collari, Alex Jessiman, Sonja Fasciano and
<br />Ronald Bashford, and representatives of the Finance Committee and the Daily Times
<br />and Chronicle.
<br />Approval of the Minutes of December 5, 1983
<br />Mr. Nigro moved, seconded by Mr. MacDonald, to approve the minutes of the meeting
<br />of December 5, 1983. Mr. Nigro then said the following addition should be made to
<br />the end of paragraph 2 on page 3: "Mr. Nigro said that one solution to the seat
<br />belt safety issue is that part of the next school bus contract requirements would
<br />be that school busses be equipped with safety belts." Chairman Coco said that on
<br />page 1, last paragraph, 6th line, the word "of ", following the word "intent" should
<br />be changed to the word "to."
<br />The minutes, as amended, were approved on a 3 -0 vote, with Mr. MacDonald abstaining
<br />because he was not present at the December 5th meeting.
<br />Bills and Payrolls
<br />Warrants for bills and payrolls were authorized as follows:
<br />Bills
<br />December
<br />16,
<br />1984 -
<br />General
<br />Expense -
<br />Total - $58,443.59
<br />December
<br />23,
<br />1983 -
<br />General
<br />Expense -
<br />Total - $56,9+6.00
<br />Payrolls
<br />December
<br />15,
<br />1983 -
<br />Teachers
<br />- Total
<br />- $311,616.46
<br />December
<br />16,
<br />1983 -
<br />Weekly -
<br />Total -
<br />$26,166.32
<br />December
<br />23,
<br />1983 -
<br />Weekly -
<br />Total -
<br />$28,336.27
<br />December
<br />23,
<br />1983 -
<br />Teachers
<br />- Total
<br />- $310,712.76
<br />Citizens' Input
<br />There was no citizens' input.
<br />Adult and Community Education Program
<br />Chairman Coco introduced Mr. Donald Welford, Director of the Adult and Community
<br />Education Program, who made a presentation with slides, on the Fall 1983 Program.
<br />He gave a brief history of the Program, noting that in the past few years it had
<br />gone from a State and School Department subsidized program to one which is self-
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