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4 <br /> Board of Selectmen <br /> Minutes <br /> March 20, 2000 <br /> Meeting re-convened: 7:00 p.m. <br /> APPOINTMENTS AND HEARINGS: <br /> Public Comment: <br /> Norman Dias and Domingo DeBarrows, members of the Mashpee <br /> Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and Mashpee 2000 Committee <br /> expressed appreciation to the Selectmen for placing an article on the <br /> May Town Meeting warrant to appropriate $65,000 towards the <br /> construction of a Memorial Park in Mashpee. <br /> School Budget Review—Finance Committee Budget Review: <br /> School Committee members in attendance, <br /> Kathleen Lynch, Theresa Cook, Janice Mills, Steve Paxton <br /> Superintendent of Schools, Sherwood Fluery <br /> Business Administrator,Russell McGown <br /> Finance Committee members in attendance; <br /> Dean Arden,Nancy Goulart, Jeff Arnold, James Morgan <br /> The Board of Selectmen met with the School Committee and Finance <br /> Committee for the purpose of reviewing the FYO I School Budget. <br /> Mr. Fluery presented a budget revision consisting of budget reductions <br /> in the area of transportation, special education, non-returning teachers, <br /> the reorganization program and secretarial savings to reflect a revised <br /> budget of$14,131,000. <br /> The sum of$219,000 was reduced in an effort to conform to budgetary <br /> constraints. Further reductions will impact district goals and directly <br /> affect the quality of the educational programs in the school system. <br /> It was noted that a low bid was received in transportation, which reflected <br /> a bid savings of$100,000. In special education, expenditures towards the <br /> first quarter payments for fiscal year 2001 resulted in a savings of <br /> $90,000. Additional savings in non-returning teachers $15,000 and <br /> secretarial savings through the reorganization process amounted to <br /> $14,000. <br />