2015-06-22 School Committee Minutes

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•-.-0FR''e 7. E �� Town of Reading r1 Meeting Minutes t b Board - Committee - Commission - Council: School Committee Date: 2015-06-22 Time: 7:00 PM Building: School - Memorial High Location: Superintendent Conference Room Address: 82 Oakland Road Purpose: Open Session Session: General Session Attendees: Members - Present: Linda Snow Dockser John Doherty, Superintendent Jeanne Borawski Martha Sybert, Director of Finance Chuck Robinson Craig Martin, Assistant Superintendent Gary Nihan Elaine Webb Julie Joyce Members - Not Present: Others Present: Dorothy Presser, MASC Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: John F. Doherty, Ed.D. Superintendent Topics of Discussion: I. Call to Order Chair Robinson called the School Committee to order at 7:05 p.m. II. Recommended Procedure A. New Business District Governance Program Presentation Dorothy Presser of the MASC will be facilitating our workshop on the District Governance Support Project. She described the foundational beliefs of the project which include an overarching mission of continuous improvement in student achievement. Effective leadership to support student achievement requires a good working relationship between the Superintendent and the School Committee. Ms. Presser went on to explain that tonight's workshop will focus on Operating Protocols. Objectives for tonight's workshop are to understand the importance of working collaboratively as a School Committee-Superintendent team, to ensure members are on the "same page" about how the team will treat each other and operate and to begin to develop operating protocols that can be voted on. Effective "teams"understand and respect that their roles are different but complementary, there is agreement of how to operate and communicate, the focus Page I 1