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OWN FR <br />Town of Reading <br />e Meeting Minutes <br />t i�j9"NCORQ�PP�w <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />School Committee <br />Date: 2017-12-18 <br />Building: School - Memorial High <br />Address: 82 Oakland Road <br />Purpose: Open Session <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />4i <br />12, <br />t ALJ <br />1018 JAN 25 P Q- 16 J <br />Time: 7:00 PM <br />Location: Superintendent Conference Room <br />Session: Open Session <br />Version: Final <br />Chuck Robinson (arrived at 7:20 p.m.), Nick Boivin, Linda Snow Dockser, <br />Jeanne Borawski, and Elaine Webb <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Student Representatives Coumounduras & Cutone <br />Others Present: <br />Superintendent John Doherty, Director of Finance Gail Dowd, Assistant <br />Superintendent Craig Martin, Director of Student Services Carolyn Wilson, <br />RPD Chief Mark Segalla, Lt. Rich Abate, RCASA Director Erica McNamara, <br />Vanessa Alvarado, Selectmen Barry Berman, John Arena, Dan Ensminger & <br />Andy Friedmann, Members of Fincom, Al Sylvia - Reading Chronicle, Bob <br />Holmes - Patch, Sherri Vanden Akker <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Linda Engelson on behalf of the Chair <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />I. Call to Order <br />Vice Chair Webb called the School Committee to order at 7:00 p.m. and reviewed the <br />agenda. <br />II. Recommended Procedure <br />A. Public Comment <br />Chief Segalla wanted to clarify comments he made to the Board of Selectmen last <br />Wednesday and read the following statement: <br />"In my remarks on Wednesday, I was speaking generally about the experiences of <br />law enforcement since the passage of the marijuana ballot measure last year. In <br />my remarks, 1 said "we deal with marijuana with kids now in the high school on a <br />daily basis. <br />To clarify, 1 did not mean or intend to imply that the Reading Police Department <br />responds to the Reading High School every day for drug issues. This is not the <br />case. I meant, in my remarks, that we have seen a sharp increase in marijuana <br />Page 1 1 <br />