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O`r OFA 4i <br />Town of Reading <br />Meeting Minutes <br />6'�y=1,YCaRp°�,w <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />School Committee <br />Date: 2017-03-22 <br />Building: Reading Town Hall <br />Address: 16 Lowell Street <br />Purpose: Open Session <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />RECEIVED <br />TOViN CLERK <br />READING. MASS. <br />1011 APR I I P 140 1 <br />Time: 6:30 PM <br />Location: Conference Room <br />Session: Open Session <br />Version: Final <br />Jeanne Borawski, Linda Snow Dockser, Gary Nihan, Nick Boivin <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Elaine Webb <br />Others Present: <br />Superintendent John Doherty, Director of Finance Gail Dowd, Town Manager <br />Bob LeLacheur <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Linda Engelson on behalf of the Chair <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />I. Call to Order <br />Chair Borawski called the School Committee to order at 6:35 p.m. and reviewed the <br />agenda. <br />II. Recommended Procedure <br />A. Old Business <br />FY2018 Budget <br />Mr. Robinson moved, seconded by Dr. Snow Dockser, to support the Town <br />Man1jer's recommendation for the use $150,000 to implement the second <br />year of the new science curriculum to be voted during the April Town <br />Meeting for use in the FY2017 budmet. <br />Mr. Boivin asked what grades will be implemented next. Dr. Doherty responded <br />that we will finalize grades 7 & 8, align curriculum standards and purchase <br />materials in grades K — 2 and start at the high school. <br />Mr. Boivin followed up by asking if the students are assessed on this curriculum. <br />The answer was yes. Students are assessed on science in grades 5, 8 & 9. <br />The motion carried 5 — 0. <br />Page 1 1 <br />