7/1/1998 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Minutes

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ASHPEE SCHOOL COMMITTEE REGULAR TANG - JULY 1 1998 PAGE 7.5 FY98 Budget Regie - Dr. I, e loura said that as per School Committee request of the last budget meeting, a printout of the salaries was included as supplemental information. Dir. DeMoura said there currently is a balance of $43,744.96 in the FY98 budget, however, deductions of$ 1,000 for the electric bill and $1,000 for gas reed to be considered. IVIS. Macdonald questioned Dr. l; eMoura as to why School Committee. members must now contact him directly if they should have any questions on the budget or invoices rather than directing their questions to the bookkeeper? r. Ieloura said there is a chain of command that begins With him and if there are any questions any Committee member may have, he will answer- their questions each Friday aria "Issues and Updates." 7. June Suspensions - lir. I eMoura reported the following June suspensions in the schoolsystem: Coombs - o; Quashnet Talley - 1- Quashnet Rive- - 1; High School - 22, with two Saturday School Office Detention sessions held with a combined total of 62 students scheduled to attend. 7.7 Unified Grants - Included in the packet were the unified grants that applications were completed for under entitlements. Because of the number of pages required to copy these grants, Mrs. Cook suggested that in the future a synopsis of each grant be written and bring along one set of each grant for Committee review if desired. ' . "Corrected Education Technology Report Statistics" - Dr. DeMoura reported on a document previously released regarding EducationalTech olo � Massachusetts Schools 1997 which evaluated student access to computers, computer networks and the Internet in Massachusetts schools. In the revised report, Mashpee is number 5 in the Commonwealth for technology. 7. Grade 3 Iowa Test Results - Dr. I; eMoura introduced Director of Instruction Patricia Parolski to address the Committee on the results of the Grade 3 Iowa tests taken in April, 1998. In her synopsis, Mrs. Parolski said overall I Iash ee did well in thein results.