2017-01-26 School Committee Minutes

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Board of Selectmen member Barry Berman stated that he is prepared to propose and support an override for a reduced term at reduced money. He asked the School Committee to do two things: 1. Find, to the best of their ability, to move reductions around to reduce the impact on teacher cuts 2. Assuming there is an override vote and it passes; identify reduction to be put back We need to win the trust of the community and he is more confident than despondent. Mrs. Borawski felt that the community may not have had the awareness on the previous override but pointed out that the committee had discussed it. She said that perhaps communication could have been better. Mr. Berman said he has had some conversations with the Town Manager. Mrs. Borawski is proud of the collaboration between the Town and schools in the fall. Dr. Snow Dockser stated that we need to continue to collaborate and trust the people with the expertise to make decisions. Marianne Downing asked for clarification on the Know Atom funding. Dr. Doherty said that the FYI building budgets will be used for the consumables. Mr. Martin added that at this point we will not be able to implement the Know Atom program at the lower elementary levels. Erin Calvo Bacci shared that she was able to co-chair the recent Real World Problem Solving activity. This was the first year that parents collaborated on the case studies. She said it was a tremendous event. We need to adopt more types of these programs in the district. B. Consent Agenda Mr. Robinson asked the Committee if there were any consent agenda items that they would like removed. There were none. Mr. Robinson moved, seconded by Mrs. Webb, to approve the consent agenda as amended. The motion carried 6-0. Approval of Minutes (January 5 & 9, 2017) C. Reports Student Representatives Student Representative Alex Nazzaro reported on the following: • RMHS midterms and Real World Problem Solving Page 1 2