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o�N or Ria <br /> Town of Reading <br /> Meeting Minutes RECEIVED <br /> CLERK <br /> READING, MA <br /> a+a,waoxv�P' <br /> Board - Committee - Commission - council: 2815 APR24 AM 9: 43 <br /> Board of Health <br /> Date: 2019-03-25 Time: 6:00 PM <br /> Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Conference Room <br /> Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: Open Session <br /> Purpose: General Business Version: Final <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Kevin M. Sexton- Chair <br /> Emmy Dove- Vice Chair <br /> Heidi Pfeifer- Associate <br /> Members - Not Present: <br /> Eleanor Tate Shonkoff- Member <br /> Lara Romanowski- Associate <br /> Others Present: <br /> Jean Delios- Assistant Town Manager <br /> Laura Vlasuk- Health Agent <br /> Kristin Morello- School Nutrition Director <br /> Gail Dowd- Chief Financial Officer <br /> Joe Huggins- Director of Facilities <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Kammy Demello <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> 6:02 pm Sexton opened the meeting. <br /> Birch Meadow Elementary School Stomach "Bua" <br /> Sexton made a motion to approve moving the agenda item of the Birch Meadow School <br /> Stomach "Bug" to the first discussion. Motion was seconded by Dove. Motion carries 2-0. <br /> Sexton Introduced several employees in the audience from the Town of Reading including: <br /> Kristin Morello, School Nutrition Director, Gail Dowd, Chief Financial Officer, and Joe <br /> Huggins, Director of Facilities. Dowd mentioned that the numbers of sick kids from 2/28/19 <br /> have decreased since the initial report. Sexton reports that the Birch meadow Elementary <br /> School was not able to obtain Information about the sick attendance from all schools for that <br /> date, only for Birch Meadow. Dowd mentioned that the school cannot mandate parents to <br /> give a reason for their child being out of school sick and cannot require parents to bring in a <br /> medical note. Dowd stated that out of all the kids who were sick, not one of them came <br /> back with an actual diagnosis. Dove asked if any of the staff were out during the time that <br /> kids were out. Dowd reported that staff members are out daily, and they also do not have <br /> to inform the school of why they are out for the day. <br /> Page 1 1 <br />