What was said

School Committee, April 25, 2018

the recording · 1:08 long, about 8,342 words spoken · captions carried this meeting poorly

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The town has published neither minutes nor an agenda for this meeting. The recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.

The short version

▶ 42:07The committee took motions to support a developer's school bus shelter location and to appoint the superintendent screening committee; vote results were not audible.
▶ 44:16Motions also covered the principal search committee appointment and a later superintendent screening committee approval with changes; outcomes were not audible.
▶ 1:04:21The committee discussed blizzard bags for snow days; the idea goes to the policy subcommittee after a charge is drafted.
▶ 1:34A line item transfer at Turkey Hill, from general supplies to science supplies, was put to a vote at the start of the meeting; the outcome was not audible.
▶ 1:07:12The snack shack policies and procedures go to the policy subcommittee as a draft.

Why it matters — our reading

The superintendent and principal searches decide who leads the district's schools, and a resident asked at the meeting how members were chosen and whether parents are represented.
Blizzard bags could change how snow days are made up, which touches the school calendar for families, though no decision has been made.

Watch next

A charge for the policy subcommittee on blizzard bags, then a later meeting discussion.
Superintendent search committee and principal search updates, placed on a future agenda.

curriculum facilities high school hiring middle school policy primary school public comment superintendent report transfers transportation turkey hill

Present: Superintendent (superintendent); Miss Champagne (Turkey Hill principal); Mr. Levesque (principal); Gary Ward (presenter); Christine (administrative assistant); Tammy Perry (director of extended day program). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

▶ 1:34Approve one line item transfer at Turkey Hill from general supplies to science supplies (recommendation to approve)not audible
▶ 42:07Support the school bus waiting area shelter location per the design presentednot audible
▶ 43:13Appoint the superintendent screening committee members as listednot audible
▶ 44:16Appoint Mr. Levesque to the principal search committeenot audible
▶ 50:08Approve the superintendent screening committee with changesnot audible

And 2 procedural: approve prior minutes (▶ 1:55); adjourn (▶ 1:08:13).

Transfers

at	what moved	amount, as heard	outcome
▶ 1:34	From Turkey Hill general school supplies to science supplies	$300	discussed only

The money

▶ 9:43Student council conference fee
The conference fee covers meals and hotels; cost and missed school were the two barriers to sending more students.
as heard:$300
▶ 37:38Make-a-Wish fundraising by student council
Students reported the amount raised, short of one full wish.
as heard:$1,125five thousand dollars
▶ 59:14Mental health referral service
The Wellness Committee is raising funds for a service. The district would seek outside donations for two years to allow budget planning.
as heard:$12,000

Settled without a vote

▶ 1:04:21Blizzard bag exploration to go to the policy subcommittee and be discussed at a later meeting; a charge for any subcommittee to be drafted first.
▶ 1:07:12The snack shack policies and procedures will go to the policy subcommittee as a draft.
▶ 1:02:12Superintendent search committee update and principal search update placed on a future agenda.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The town has not published minutes for this meeting.

Heard in the recording

▶ 4:45Bus shelter planplan or drawing, shown
▶ 41:47Letter with recommendation on bus shelterletter or email, shown
▶ 42:50Superintendent screening committee listother, shown

State law asks minutes to list the documents and exhibits used at a meeting (M.G.L. c.30A §22(a)). Names from the recording are the caption model’s hearing; the two sides are matched by name, by script, so a document named two different ways can be missed. A place to look, not a finding.

Public comment

▶ 0:09A PTO representative thanked principals, the superintendent and staff who answered PTO questions on health and security.
▶ 44:39A teacher praised the mock trial program and its students, and thanked the committee for its support.
▶ 50:28A resident asked about selection criteria for the superintendent screening committee and about parent representation.

Where the time went

Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.

policy24 min · 36%
curriculum18 min · 27%
superintendent report15 min · 22%
high school14 min · 21%
hiring12 min · 19%
public comment11 min · 16%
facilities10 min · 14%
transfers1 min · 2%
turkey hill1 min · 2%

The whole meeting, in order

▶ 0:09Public comment, PTO thanksinformational · 1:03 long · public comment
▶ 1:34Warrants, line item transfer, minutesdiscussed · 1:03 long · transfers, turkey hill
▶ 2:37Superintendent report, Town Meeting childcare, bus shelter presentationinformational · 6:45 long · superintendent report, facilities
▶ 9:22Student council conference presentationinformational · 8:56 long · high school
▶ 18:38Blizzard bags discussioninformational · 17:57 long · curriculum, policy
▶ 36:58Student representative reportinformational · 4:49 long · high school
▶ 41:47Bus shelter recommendation and search committee appointmentsmotions made · 2:52 long · facilities, hiring
▶ 44:39Public comment on mock trial and screening committee selectioninformational · 9:36 long · public comment, hiring
▶ 54:15School council reports and PTO updateinformational · 7:57 long · superintendent report
▶ 1:02:12Future agenda topics, blizzard bags, snack shack, adjournmentreferred · 6:01 long · policy

What the captions could not carry

Vote results and counts were not captured for any motion.
Much of the audio is garbled, including parts of the bus shelter presentation and the discussion of search committee composition.

These are ours, and they are not the record

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