Hull Board of Selectmen
Minutes
January 27, 2003
The Hull Board of Selectmen meeting was called to order at 7:46 pm on Monday evening, January 27, 2003, at the Hull Municipal Building, 253 Atlantic Avenue, Hull, Massachusetts.
Present: John Reilly, Chairman; Thomas Burns, Vice Chairman; Regina Burke, Clerk; Leonard Hersch and Gerard McLaughlin, Members. Also present were Christopher McCabe, Town Manager and James Lampke, Town Counsel.
7:30 pm - School Committee - re: Charter School Funding
John Silva, Chairman; Chris Shipps, Steve Avakian, Rhoda Kanet, John Lidington, members of the School Committee; Dr. Kathleen Reynolds, Superintendent of Schools, and Roger Hatch from the Department of Education were present for the informational meeting requested by Silva in order to gain an understanding of the State's formula and regulations for funding Charter Schools.
Silva said that the discussion does not have anything to do with the South Shore Charter Schools. He said, it is purely a matter of the mechanism of funding, and the method of calculating enrollment.
Hatch explained a rather complicated method of calculating the financing and enrollment. He said that Hull has the highest cap in the State at 13%.
In addition to each of the School Committee Members and each Member of the Board of Selectmen asking questions and expressing opinions. Paul Dunphy, Rod Young, Corneilus Kane, and Jack Wholey also participated.
The concerns expressed by many present was the $1.2 million funding cost for 179 pupils which they said could be easily absorbed into the Hull School system for far less cost.
The Selectmen suggested forming a subcommittee consisting of the Board of Selectmen, School Committee and Dr. Reynolds to pursue the issue.
MOVED-Hersch: To direct the Town manager to form a subcommittee to work on the issue and to contact our State Legislators to request proposed legislation, and to provide funding for the committee's staff.
SECOND-McLaughlin
VOTE: UNANIMOUS in Favor
MOVED-Hersch: To recess the meeting to Tuesday evening, January 28th at 7:30 pm.
SECOND-Burke
VOTE: UNANIMOUS in Favor
Meeting recessed at 10:21 pm.
April 8, 2003
Approved
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