School Committee, June 15, 2022

The town published an agenda, an agenda for this meeting. No minutes have been published; the recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.

athleticsbudgetcapitalcontracts and unionscurriculumdebtesserexecutive sessionfacilitiesfeespersonnelpolicypublic commentsuperintendent reportturkey hill

Present: Dr. Burnham (superintendent); Mrs. Carol Ashambo (chair); Mr. Brian Leighton (vice chair); Mrs. Laura Kelly (secretary); Ms. Sophie Shapiro (member); Mr. Anthony Scholambrini (member); Ms. Susan Summers (recording secretary); Mr. Michael Cassidy (business manager); Mrs. Lemieux (town manager); Ms. Lorenzen (food service director); Mr. Scott (presenter). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

1. ▶ 21:32Amend custodial agreement to add Juneteenth as a paid holiday — moved by Mrs. Kelly, as heardpassed (roll call, four yes)
2. ▶ 22:16Amend secretary and clerk agreement to add Juneteenth — moved by Mrs. Kelly, as heardpassed (roll call, four yes)
3. ▶ 22:36Amend unaffiliated staff agreement to add Juneteenth — moved by Mrs. Kelly, as heardpassed (roll call, four yes)
4. ▶ 23:38Accept class of 2022 donation toward turf field scoreboardpassed (roll call, five yes)
5. ▶ 24:41Approve the district employee handbook — moved by Ms. Shapiro, as heardpassed (roll call, five yes)
6. ▶ 34:52Approve FY23 facility rental rates — moved by Ms. Shapiro, as heardpassed (roll call, five yes)
7. ▶ 40:30Draft a letter to state legislators supporting free school meals — moved by Mr. Leighton, as heardpassed (roll call, five yes)
8. ▶ 41:33Approve the school lunch price increasepassed (roll call, five yes)
9. ▶ 47:35Table the AT&T antenna item until after the Turkey Hill discussion — moved by Mr. Leighton, as heardpassed (roll call, five yes)
10. ▶ 50:30Ratify and approve the CBA with the secretarial union — moved by Mr. Leighton, as heardpassed (roll call, five yes plus town manager)
11. ▶ 1:08:24Approve the amended school calendar adding seniors' last day — moved by Mr. Leighton, as heardpassed (roll call, yes votes heard)
12. ▶ 1:09:50Approve up to an additional 20 donated sick days for an employee — moved by Mrs. Kelly, as heardpassed (roll call, five yes)
13. ▶ 1:11:17Approve the Keystone Collaborative update — moved by Ms. Shapiro, as heardpassed (roll call, five yes)

And 2 procedural: go into executive session at 6:35 (▶ 5:19); go into executive session and adjourn (▶ 1:46:39).

The money

1. ▶ 23:17Class of 2022 donation

   Seniors donate toward replacing the turf field scoreboard.

   as heard:three thousand dollars

2. ▶ 25:46Facility rental fees

   Rates updated for the first time since 2019 to cover higher custodial and kitchen salaries; new sites added.

3. ▶ 30:58Concession stand monitor

   New hourly charge for a monitor if the renting group lacks a safe-food certified person.

   as heard:50 an hourfifty dollars an hour

4. ▶ 34:10Facility rate changes

   Chair recited hourly changes for custodian, kitchen and field monitor.

   as heard:two dollarsone dollar per hourfive dollars per hour

5. ▶ 35:56School lunch prices

   Student lunch up across the district; adult prices raised as free meal waivers end.

   as heard:50 centsthree dollarsfive dollarsa dollar 75

6. ▶ 49:20Secretarial union contract

   Three-year contract with raises and estimated value.

   as heard:two and a halftwo and a quartertwo percentfifty eight thousand dollars

7. ▶ 1:19:40Town debt capacity

   Town manager outlined debt policy limits and capacity for new debt; Turkey Hill could fit about the stated amount within regular debt.

   as heard:four percent778 000200 0005 million14

8. ▶ 1:24:19Turkey Hill roof

   Roof project carried in capital plan at an old estimate that is likely higher now.

   as heard:500 000

Settled without a vote

• ▶ 41:12A letter on free school meals will be drafted from a template and brought to the June 29 meeting.
• ▶ 11:12Presentations will be pre-recorded and posted ahead of meetings on a trial basis.
• ▶ 1:18:14Insecticide bill discussion deferred until a facilities director is hired.
• ▶ 1:37:14Turkey Hill direction returns in the fall, with capital planning to include all known costs.
• ▶ 28:11Concession stand operational costs to return at the August 31 meeting.

Documents and exhibits

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

1. ▶ 15:28First public comment period: none offered.
2. ▶ 1:37:55Announced resignation from the School Committee effective at the close of the school year to focus on her studies. — Sophie Shapiro, as heard, school committee member

Where the time went

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

• policy21 min · 20%
• turkey hill19 min · 18%
• debt19 min · 18%
• capital19 min · 18%
• fees17 min · 15%
• curriculum15 min · 14%
• middle school15 min · 14%
• facilities15 min · 14%
• executive session10 min · 9%
• contracts and unions7 min · 6%

The whole meeting, in order

1. ▶ 0:21Roll call, ground rules, chair's report including ESSERinformational · 4:37 long · esser
2. ▶ 4:58Executive sessionvoted · 9:50 long · executive session
3. ▶ 14:48Public comment and agenda housekeepingnone offered · 1:04 long · public comment
4. ▶ 15:52Superintendent's reportinformational · 3:33 long · superintendent report
5. ▶ 19:25Juneteenth holiday amendmentsvoted · 3:31 long · contracts and unions
6. ▶ 22:56Class donation and employee handbookvoted · 2:50 long · policy
7. ▶ 25:46Facility rental feesvoted · 9:47 long · fees, facilities
8. ▶ 35:33School lunch pricesvoted · 6:45 long · fees, policy
9. ▶ 42:18AT&T antenna at turf fieldtabled · 5:37 long · facilities
10. ▶ 47:55Secretarial union CBAvoted · 3:16 long · contracts and unions
11. ▶ 51:11Middle school SWOT and curriculum reportinformational · 15:29 long · curriculum, middle school
12. ▶ 1:06:40Calendar, donated sick days, Keystone updatevoted · 5:41 long · policy, personnel
13. ▶ 1:12:21Pesticide protection billdeferred · 5:53 long · policy
14. ▶ 1:18:14Future of Turkey Hill and debt capacityno vote; return in fall · 19:20 long · turkey hill, debt, capital
15. ▶ 1:37:34Public comment: member resignationinformational · 3:10 long · public comment
16. ▶ 1:40:44Committee reports and adjournment to executive sessionvoted · 6:37 long · athletics

What the captions could not carry

• Vote on the amended school calendar: only some yes votes captured
• Nothing captured of the executive session from about 340 to 888
• The AT&T antenna item was not returned to in the captions

Reports this meeting suggests

Our reading of the discussion: questions where numbers were in play and a page laying them out would have helped. Every meeting’s suggestions are merged into one register.

• ▶ 1:19:40Turkey Hill capital needsWhat would Turkey Hill repairs cost and fit within the town's debt limits compared with a new build?already answered: thread:turkey-hill-rebuild

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