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J <br /> MASHPEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS <br /> JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND <br /> THE COOMBS SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL COUNCILS <br /> JANUARY 29, 1996 <br /> minutes <br /> Attendees: School, Committee - Vice Chair Steve Paxton, Kathy <br /> Lynch, Theresa Cook. Absent were Chair Janice Mills and David <br /> onsalvi. Dr. Lincoln A. DeMoura, Superintendent of Schools, was <br /> also in attendance. <br /> School Council. Members - Ellen Davis, Katherine Regan, Carol Olsen, <br /> Mary Marsters, Sam Myerson, F brine Cragwell, Debra Greene, <br /> MaryKate O'Brien, Joy Blackwood, Dr. Elizabeth Petti, Mary Clare <br /> Dini io, Niki Mills, Kathy Reynolds, Barbara Ka har, Mary Kay <br /> Riley, Ted O'Rourke, Patricia DeConto, Diary Durham, and the three <br /> principals, Nick Feldman, Robert Ti o, and John Williams were all <br /> in attendance. <br /> Mr. Paxton called the meeting to order at 7 .*. 05 p.m. in the Middle <br /> School Library 4 thea turned the meeting over to Dr, DeMoura for <br /> discussion on the FY97 operating budget. <br /> Dr. DeMoura started the meeting by distributing and discussing <br /> handouts on "Class Size Projections, " "Proposed Budget,, " and "F 9 <br /> Budget. " Another chart according 1995 figures from "'City and <br /> Town' ) depicted Mashpee having the second-highest tax rate on the <br /> Cape but ranks second-to-last when it comes to regular day programs <br /> or per pupil expenditures. Later in the meeting, Mre O'Rourke <br /> asked what percentage of the total town budget is spent on <br /> education in Mashpee? Mrs, DeConto suggested obtaining a breakdown <br /> of town services and how dollars are spent town-wide. Dr. DeMoura <br /> will obtain this document. <br /> Dr. DeMoura presented the participants with the proposed $8 . 9 <br /> million FY97 budget. Dr. DeMoura listed the FY97 additional <br /> staffing needs and discussion followed. The network administrator • <br /> generated much discussion raging from do we really need one to the <br /> benefits of having one full time as opposed to contracting out on <br /> an hourly basis. <br /> After listing the positions he felt should be filled as soon as <br /> possible, Dr. DeMoura asked the SchoolCommittee's permission to <br /> post them. Mrs. Lynch suggested waiting until the paring down to <br /> $8.5 million is settled before posting these positions. <br /> Another joint meeting between the School Committee and School <br /> Councils was set for Thursday, February 15, 1996 at 7 : .m. i <br /> the Middle School Library was set where an $8.5 million budget will <br /> be presented. Dr. DeMoura will meet with the principals and <br />