3/5/1997 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Minutes

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ASHPEE SCHOOL COMMIT - REGULAR MEETING - MARCH 5, 1997 PAGE 2 Mr. Paxton anr'ounced that a legal opinion will be sought as a result of the executive session discussion regarding the complaint against an employee. Mrs. Phyllis S r ut discussed the summer reading program' and asked Public that an evaluation be done. Dr. I eMoura will contact Director of Forum Instruction.Patricia Parolski for input, Mrs. Sprout outlined an incident regarding serving on the School Council. She said she had been overlooked as a Participant due to a racial imbalance on the Council that existed. She asked the School Committee to be "up front" with future School Council requirements. Mrs. Sprout asked if the School Committee was planning to discuss the School-to-Work concept. Mrs. Sprout asked, `Are vire teaching corporations in the classroom" and "How much corporate influence is there in the classroom?" She said Falmouth is using "Newsweek" maga ine in their classes. Lastly, Mrs. Sprout discussed a document by Diana M. Fessler entitled "A Report on the work Toward National Standards, Assessments and Certificates." She asked that a copy be forwarded to the Public Library. IST., ` Mr. Paxton had no acknowledgments this evening. Acowledgments v. 5.1 School Committee Communi- cations boos .1.1 MTA - Included in the packet was correspondence from the Teachers'Association and Dr. I el Moura regarding i-- r ekl r paychecks. Mr. Paxton-said the lei- re kl r paychecks that are currently distributed to all school employees. He said during negotiation discussions, this concept was presented in such a way that it was understood that all Town employees would be paid on a bi-weekly basis. This, currently i not being clone. Mr. Paxton asked to meet with the 'Teachers'Association for further discussion on this issue, Also, Mr. Paxton mentioned a memo regarding usage of the copy room service. Dr. DeMoura briefly discussed a memo received from the