2019-03-11 School Committee Minutes

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6�- Town of Reading RECEIVED Meeting Minutes N CLERK READING, MA. Board - Committee - commission - council: 2Q19 APR -4 AM w' 39 School Committee Date: 2019-03-11 Time: 6:00 PM Building: School - Memorial High Location: School Library Address: 62 Oakland Road Session: Open Session Purpose: Open Session Version: Final Attendees: Members - Present: Chuck Robinson, Linda Snow Dockser, Elaine Webb, Nick Boivin, Jeanne Borawski and Geoffrey Coram Members - Not Present: Others Present: Superintendent John Doherty, Chief Financial Officer Gail Dowd, Assistant Superintendent Christine Kelley, Interim Director of Student Services Sharon yy Stewart, Human Resources Administrator Jenn Bove Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Linda Engelson on behalf of the Chair Topics of Discussion: 1. Call m Order Chair Webb called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. to attend the Director of Student Services Search Question&Answer session. Chair Webb called a brief recess at the end of the Question&Answer at 7:02 p.m. The open session was called back to order at 7:09 p.m.and read the district mission statement. She went on to welcome Geoffrey Coram to the board. A. Old Business Approval of the Revised Director of Student Services Timeline Dr.Dockser moved seconded by Mrs Borawski,to approve the revised Director of Student Services Timeline based on the Superintendent's memorandum dated March 11,2019. Mr. Boivin asked that the timeline be summarized. Dr.Doherty shared that the Director of Student Services position is difficult to fill and felt waiting 2 weeks to appoint the candidate may put us in a position to lose her to another district. There is no need to wait the two weeks to appoint because there are not multiple finalists that would require longer reference checks and possible site visits. It was the consensus of the committee members that there was no need to delay the appointment. Page 1 1