1986-05-19 School Committee Minutes

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237 READING PUBLIC SCHOOLS Reading, Massachusetts SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES May 19 , 1986 Call to Order Chairman Cliff Allen called the regular meeting of the Reading School Committee to order at 7 :10 p.m. on May 19 , 1986 in the Superintendent' s Conference Room at 34 Gould Street. Cliff Allen, Carol Lyons_ and Stanley Nissen were present. Mr. Shannon, Mr . Coco, and Mrs . Barbara Philbrick arrived late . Others in attendance were Superintendent, Dr. Robert S. Wells , Asst. Superintendent, Dr. Robert J. Munnelly, Asst. Superintendent in Charge of Business, Mr. Winslow, Paul Guerrette, Principal of the Killam School , Don Farnham, Principal of the Joshua Eaton School, fourth grade' teachers from the Eaton School, David Williams , Michael DeLong, and Carol Livingston, and fourth grade pupils from the Eaton School, Mrs. Maureen Zolubus, Asst. Principal at the High School, past and newly elected members of the Student Advisory Council , parents and a reporter from the Daily Times-Chronicle. Approval of Minutes of May 5 , 1986 - A motion was made by Mr. Nissen, seconded by Mr. Shannon, to approve the Minutes of the May 5 , 1986 meeting. Before a vote was taken Mr. Coco stated he felt that the principalship discussion in the last Minutes should have been in Open Session and not in Executive Session. At this time, Carol Lyons also stated she would like to receive the information, minutes , etc. for the School Committee meetings sooner than the Saturday before the meeting, in order to be better prepared. She didn' t feel that two days was enough time to properly study all the material that was included in the packet. Mr. Allen stated this was discussed at previous meetings , and that in conversations with the administration, he understood that this was not always possible because of schedules, and information that was not readily available to include until the last few days before the meeting . Mr. Shannon stated that he felt that ' the School Committee Members received a very comprehensive packet, and mailing information at different times , would not only prove time consuming and costly, but might create confusion. Mrs . Kendra Cooper, a parent, then asked to be recognized and noted she had stated a concern at the last meeting which she felt should have been in the Minutes regarding Kindergarten classes and coordinating efforts in moving classrooms . She also stated she felt the reopening of Open Session at the last meeting should have been announced at the beginning of the meeting.