01/22/1996 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Minutes

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r,- F + MA HPEE SCHOOL COMMITTEE - SPECIAL MEETING JANUARY 22, 1996 PAGE Instrumental lessons for students in grades 4 , 5 6 to be conducted by contracted music teachers. Dr. DeMoura proposed having music lessons contracted out which would cost about half of what current costs are. The Committee thought this concept should be tried. To facilitate the activities of volunteers at the Middle School, increase the yours of our Volunteer Coordinator from .75 to full time and add a half-tire assistant volunteer coordinator. The Committee felt this concept should be kept in. 51 In grades K-6. move our -librarian to-tho Middle School. Employ two library assistants, One for the Coombs School and one for the Middle School.. The certified librarian will, su er ise both facilities. IM lementation of cleaning services at the High School.. This idea was voted upon at the January 11, 1996 School committee meeting. . Upgradin our technoloqv Drograms-IT re lacin all ui ment lk in our two com cater classrooms through Apple lease/purchase a ree ent, The Committee suggested postponing this for now. Revision - of our math and . worl.d language curricula and materials in grades K-9 . Additional funding may, be necessary. It was decided to continue on the five-year cycle. 910 Substantial reductions to federal grants (Title, I,... PL 94-1 W � are forecasted. Reduced funding maV not be known until June, 1996. 10. The inclusion of special l meed students in regular classrooms will be revisited. A program and finance analysis will be conducted to determine the most educationally-effective and financially-efficient model(s) . 11 . The science specialist will--provide direct instruction to students ince rade 1-3. 12 . Computer Education will be provided to students in grades 4-6. Although much discussion followed on the above program proposals, not many dollars were cut from the 8.9 million dollar budget. This figure needs to be lowered. Dr, Deioura asked the Committee to suggest a f rigure to work with. Mrs. Mills 'suggested holding of f on a target figure and letter the Superintendent and Principals and Directors discuss their own suggested cuts. At this point, the FY97 complete budget Draft #5 was reviewed page- by-page.