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Advisory Committee for Acceptance and Diversity 
 
Ninth Meeting, May 15, 2014, 7 pm, T.C.Passios Building, Room 13. 
 
In attendance: 
Gregory Berthiaume School Committee   present 
Michael Mackin School Committee   present 
Robert Ebersole Board of Selectmen   present 
Charlene Stephens Community-at-large   not present 
Richard Beardmore Community-at-large alternate  pre sent 
Nicole Hennessy Student Representative  not present  
Casey Voyer  Student Representative  not present 
Elizabeth Rawlinson Parent     not present 
Darruenee Vann Parent     present 
Paul Bertrand  Parent Alternate   not present 
 
Also present, Loxi Calmes, Superintendent of Schools. 
 
The meeting was called to order at 7:10pm by Bob Ebersole, Acting Chair. 
 
Approval of meeting minutes 
The minutes of the meeting on 3/27/14 were not available for approval. 
The minutes of the previous meeting (5/8/14) were held until next meeting. 
 
Presentation of findings to School Committee – June  18, 2014 (Not June 4 
th ) 
 
Review of bullet points and presentation to school committee 
The committee discussed the presentation and determined that the bullet points were pretty well 
completed but recommended some reordering and additional information to be included.  Loxi 
will supply some additional background information to Dick and Elizabeth who will finalize the 
presentation. 
 
Status of Fitchburg State participation 
It was noted that the scorecard and literature review were still in progress, but are not expected to 
be completed until the fall. 
 
Next meeting: 
The next meeting will be Thursday, June 12 
th  to review and approve the final report which will 
be presented to the school committee on June 18 th .  Before the next meeting, members are asked 
to re-review existing school policies previously presented (and to be sent again by Loxi) so that 
we can vote to recommend that they stay in place going forward. 
 
 
The meeting adjourned at 7:55pm.