Minutes - Wayland School Committee
Regular Session August 24, 2010
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Regular Session of the Wayland School Committee was held on Monday,
August 24, 2010, at 6:30 P.M. in the School Committee Room of the
Wayland Town Building.
Present were:
Dr. Louis Jurist, Chair
Mrs. Barb Fletcher, Vice Chair
Dr. Malcolm Ashley
Dr. Shawn Kinney
No school administrators were present due to the offsite administrators program.
Chair Louis Jurist convened the regular meeting at approx. 6:30 pm
1. Short Executive Session:
Upon a
motion made by Mrs. Fletcher and seconded by Dr. Astley, the committee
voted unanimously (3-0, Dr Kinney had not yet joined the meeting) in a
roll call vote to convene in executive session to continue the
evaluation of Superintendent Search firms.
Roll Call
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Yes
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No
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Dr. Louis Jurist
Mrs. Barb Fletcher
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X
X
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Dr. Malcolm Astley
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X
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2. Return to Open Session:
Jurist,
Fletcher, Astley and Kinney, agreed to go into executive session for
the purpose of interviewing the 3 Superintendent Search Firm
Finalists. As explained by the chair, the interviews were considered a
continuation of the evaluation process of the firms which is to be
conducted confidentially.
3. Return to Executive Session:Upon
further consideration in executive session, it was determined that the
interviews of the search firms should be conducted in open session.
No other topics were discussed. Committee returned to open session.
4. Return to Open Session:
Upon
a motion made by Mrs. Fletcher and seconded by Dr. Kinney, the
committee voted unanimously by roll call vote to adjourn Executive
Session (4-0) and conduct Search Firm interviews in open session.
5. Comments from the Public:
A community member praised Mr. Tutwiler’s proposal to add a Fine Arts requirement to the HS graduation requirements 6.
6. Search Firm Finalist Interviews:
Three
search firms were interviewed by the school committee for
approximately 1 hour for each firm. The firms listed in order of
appearance with their representatives are:
NESDEC, New England School Development Council,
represented by Dr. Arthur Bettencourt, Assistant Executive Director
and Dr. Gary Baker, Staff Associate, Executive Searching, Planning
HYA, Hazard Young, Attea & Associates, Ltd., represented by Dr. John Connelly, Senior Associate
FMS, Future Management Systems,
represented by Dr. William Garr, Executive Vice President and Dr.
Richard Warren, Senior
Consultant.
Committee members
discussed the relative merits of the three firms. Upon a motion made by
Dr. Kinney and seconded by Mrs. Fletcher, the committee voted
unanimously (4-0) to select FMS as Wayland’s Superintendent Search
Firm.
7. Warrants:
Upon a
motion made by Mrs. Fletcher and seconded by Dr. Astley, the committee
voted unanimously (3-0-1, Kinney abstained) to approve the payroll
warrant of 8/12/2010, the accounts payable warrant of 8/23/2010 and the
8/23/2010 payroll warrant from the high school building project.
8. Comments from the Public:
A Community member commented that he agreed with the SC choice of FMS but for a different reason.
9. Executive Session:
Upon a motion duly made by Mrs. Fletcher, seconded by Dr. Kinney, the Committee voted
unanimously (4-0) in a roll call vote to convene in Executive Session
for the purpose of matters pertaining to Collective Bargaining with the
WTA, as set forth in Section 23B of G.L. Ch. 39. The School Committee
agreed that discussion regarding union contracts with the WTA would be
in Executive Session, as conducting these discussions in open session
will have a detrimental effect on the School Committee’s negotiating
position.
Roll Call
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Yes
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No
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Dr. Louis Jurist
Mrs. Barb Fletcher
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X
X
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Dr. Malcolm Astley
Dr. Shawn Kinney
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XX
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The
Chair announced that the Committee would reconvene in Open Session
immediately following the adjournment of the Executive Session for
adjournment purposes only.
10. Adjournment:Upon a motion duly made by Mrs. Fletcher, seconded by Dr. Kinney, the Committee voted unanimously (4-0) at 11:45PM to adjourn the Regular Session.
Respectfully submitted,
Shawn Kinney, Ph.D
Wayland School Committee
Observers:
Tom Sciacca, WVN