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Retiular Session -3- March 27,2006 <br />New Business <br />The Superintendent stated that the Coolidge Middle School Science Olympiad Team is <br />once again the state champions. The team won the overall competition on Saturday <br />March 18"' at Assumption College to reclaim the title after a one-point loss last year. <br />Individual gold medals were won in 13 out if 23 events. <br />Paul Guidetti stated the team would now be moving on top the National Competition at <br />Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Mr. Guidetti thanked everyone involved. <br />Mr. Dahl stated it would be a good experience for the students to stay on a college <br />campus. <br />Mr. Carpenter asked about the chaperones and the transportation. <br />Mr. Guidetti stated they would go to Manchester Airport via a coach bus. They would fly <br />on Northwest Airlines. There would be 12 chaperones for twenty-five students. The <br />rooms are based upon double occupancy. <br />Superintendent Schettini stated all the details are not finalized yet. They need approval to <br />move forward. <br />Ms. Webb stated her son was in the competition. She would be going on her own and she <br />was not a chaperone. <br />Ms. Webb moved to abnrove the overniLyht field trio of the Coolidge Middle _School <br />Science Team to Bloomington, Indiana May 17 to May 21, 2006 for the National <br />Science Olympiad as outlined in the Superintendent's memorandum dated March <br />23,2006. Mr. McFadden seconded the motion. The vote was 5-0. Ms. Webb, Mr. <br />McFadden, Mr. Spadafora, Mr. Dahl and Mr. Carpenter <br />Old Business <br />Superintendent Schettini stated they had spent about seven hours recently with the <br />Finance Committee. He recognized that George Hines and Charles Robinson were <br />present. He stated the issue before us was to look at the Circuit Breaker Offset and look <br />at Understanding Disabilities with in our budget. He recommended that the School <br />Committee increase the offset for Circuit Breaker by $33,000 and move $20,000 from the <br />Special education account to the Understanding Disabilities line in the Regular Education <br />Budget. <br />