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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-01-05 ad Hoc - School Committee Preliminary Search Committee MinutesOf qF Town of Reading KECEIVEu Meeting Minutes TONIN CLERK REt\nlniG. NAA A. DDD`INCDRDaPR C�� Board -Committee -Commission -Council: 2023 APR 25 PM 2. 16 School Committee Preliminary Search Committee Date: 2021-01-05 Building: Virtual Address: Purpose: Open Session Attendees: Members - Present: Time: 4:00 PM Location: Zoom Session: Open Session Version: Teresa Arent (Chair), Naomi Brown -Jones, Dave Clark, Gail Dowd, Erin Gaffen, Eric Goldstein, Julia Hendrix, Jessica Hester, Amy Hussey, Bob LeLacheur, Sherilla Lestrade, Jay McGilvray, Jared Stanton, Theresa Wiggins, Lynne Williams, Tom Wise Members - Not Present: Laura Noonan Others Present: and Dorothy Presser (Massachusetts Association of School Committees), Laura Gemme, Chuck Robinson, Kerry Messinger, Carla Nazzaro, lack Devir Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Dorothy Presser Topics of Discussion: The meeting was called to order at 4:03PM. Members of the Screening Committee were sworn in by Reading Town Clerk, Laura Gemme. Ms. Gemme left the meeting after the oath of office was administered. School Committee Chair Chuck Robinson thanked the Screening Committee members for their service and commitment He reviewed the Charge from the School Committee. This included that the School Committee would like the Screening Committee to send 3 to 5 finalists to the School Committee. Any internal candidates will be interviewed. In addition, any inquiries from the media should be directed to Mr. Robinson. Mr. Robinson left the meeting after his comments. After introductions were made, the Committee selected a Chair. A motion was made and seconded to elect Teresa Arent as Chair of the Preliminary Screening Committee. VOTED: Unanimously in favor by roll call vote. The roles and responsibilities of the Committee were reviewed by Mrs. Presser, including selecting and interviewing semi-finalists for the position according to the Selection Criteria set by the School Committee, and recommending the requested number of finalists to the School Committee. Page 1 1 The procedures for getting the application materials to the Screening Committee were reviewed. The application materials will be sent via a Dropbox link when they are available. Dorothy Presser and Gail Dowd will coordinate getting paper packets to any members who wish to receive them. Committee members will review the materials, and discuss and finalize the selection of semi-finalists at the January 1 I meeting. Any motions made by the Committee will require a simple majority vote to pass. Members were also briefed on the applicable laws that guide their work, including the Open Meeting Law and the importance of the confidentiality of Executive Session. The Conflict of Interest law was also reviewed. Members were asked to consider questions to ask of the candidates and be prepared to discuss question topics for the screening interviews at the next meeting. Mr. Jay McGilvary, Screening Committee member, joined the meeting at 4:20. At approximately 4:30, the meeting briefly recessed. Mr. Clark did not rejoin the meeting as he was unable to reconnect to the meeting link after the recess. Mr. LaLacheur rejoined at 5:20. A motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 5:25PM. VOTED: Unanimously in favor. Respectfully submitted, Dorothy Presser MASC Search Consultant Page 1 2