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Minutes of the meeting held on 3/19/96
Members present: John Carpenter (Co-chair), John Doherty (Co-chair), Peter Hichb
Pacino, Sue Redgate, Roy Welsch orn, Marge
The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m• The first order, of business was amend
minutes of the previous meeting to show that Roy Welsch and Larry Choms to ky attende
d the the Committee meeting ofFeb.29th, 1996, and that Marge Pacino attended a subsequent
meeting of that group on March 2nd, 1996. The minutes were then approved as amended.
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Acknowledgement of Enclosures. Coolidge School Building Committee Update; MD
on Time and Learning; Mission Statement of the Reading Finance Committee. OE Update
John Carpenter commented on the School Building Committee work in progress.
gleaned to date indicates facilities replacement, repair and maintenance were as critical
Coolidge's lack of space to house stag; students, and to conduct the desired school program.
'f Roy Welsch noted that the joint meeting of FinCom and all common support School Councils exhibited some
for planned, major school capital expenditures. After this year, $100,000 will be
earmarked annually for technology as a feature of the school department budget. Readin '
limited ability to broaden its tax base was a cautionary realization aired at that me g s
etmg.
John Doherty presented an updated budget statement responding to a need for a
$175,000 cut
in the proposed School Department budget- The cuts were approved unanimous)
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Committee and are seen as "soil cuts "....not greatly impacting education. by the
School Improvement Plan. Mr. Doherty distributed a revised "Goals" 1, 2 & 3
desired changes determined at our previous meeting and what john felt wer which reflects
funding figures for 1996-1997 ($30,000 a more realistic
(Technology Integration). ) and 1997-1998 ($75,000) under our Goal 3
The committee inserted a 7th step into its Action Plan and other minor
alterations which were noted and will be re-submitted by Mr. Doherty for our future use.
The committee then turned its attention to School Improvement Plan Goal #5 Student
Time). Mr. Doherty would like to re-work
Middle School,,. Goal more broadly.... call it "Restruc Learning
. This would allow the present Action plan to exist and all ow mortunug the
` tivities to be housed under this goal. John Carpenter and a related
ue goal (#5) for consideration at a subsequent meeting. John Doherty will re-draft portions of
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We then reviewed and approved our in-process Goal #4 (Pr
Doherty expressed a desire to insert ofessional Development).
"Staff Training in Technology" Mr.
Plan. This was accomplished by making g specifically into the Action
subsequent Tasks. The Boding his request our new Task .5, then re-numbering the
viewed as su Pnucipal would shoulder responsibility for Task performance,
support of Objective B for that Goal (#4).
We turned our attention next to Goal #6
was revised slightly as follows: Task #1 (Glade the Effectiveness of Improvement Efforts). It
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the spring. happen" annually, Task #5 will`,happen" annually in
At 9:10 p.m, the agenda for the evening being accomplished, the Committee decided to adjourn.
Minutes submitted by Peter Hichbom
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