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f't"CLIVt U <br /> �• orx TOWN CLERK <br /> Town of Reading <br /> ,�' Meeting Minutes' i� 2071 MAY 18 AM 9: 15 <br /> '•urconrpP� <br /> Board - Committee - commission - Council: <br /> Special Education Parents Advisory Council <br /> Date: 2021-04-13 Time: 7:00 PM <br /> Building: Location: <br /> Address: Session: <br /> Purpose: Business Meeting Version: <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Laura Noonan, Board Member <br /> Amy Stewart, Board Member <br /> Alyssa Scaparotti, Board Member <br /> Members - Not Present: <br /> None <br /> Others Present: <br /> Dr. John Doherty, Superintendent <br /> Dr. Jen Stys, Assistant Superintendent of Student Services <br /> Allison Wright, Director of Special Eduction <br /> Erin Gaffen, School Committee Liason <br /> Kelly DiCato, District Team Chair <br /> Lisa Studer, District BCBA <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Alyssa Scaparotti <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> 1. At 7:02 PM,the business meeting commences,and all board members are present. <br /> Board member Amy Stewart chairs the meeting. <br /> 2. Board Member Laura Noonan made a motion to review and approve minutes from the <br /> 3/09/2021 meeting. Scaparotti seconded. The minutes were approved unanimously. <br /> 3. Jennifer Stys,Assistant Superintendent of Student Services gave an update: <br /> a. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts released Dyslexia guidelines. Reading is <br /> already doing a lot of the things included in the guidelines. The administration <br /> was happy to see the guidelines released. <br /> b. Videos are being made by a high school student about the different Special <br /> education programs. Videos will be released on the Student Services website <br /> when available. <br /> c. Reading Committee-Thomas Wise and Stys are finalizing a list of book <br /> resources. Additionally,the administration is editing and finalizing the video of <br /> the March reading presentation. It will be posted on the Student Services <br /> website when completed. <br /> d. The administration is working with Chris Nelson in the extended day program to <br /> create a general education summer program for students who are struggling <br /> with reading and possibly math. This will be funded by a grant. <br /> Page 1 1 <br />