Policies for Informational Review (5 minutes)

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▶ 1:41:39 Speaker 3: with one not here okay and then um the rest of the policies that are here on the agenda access to digital resources acceptable use policy for information technologies i'm sorry no policies for informational review only school committee staff communications use of electronic messaging by member new member orientation conferences committees and workshops member compensation and expenses committee legislative program and committee memberships those one two three four five six seven policies are for informational review not for vote but does anyone want have any concerns or comments that they want to make about these today

▶ 1:42:27 Margaret Raymond Driscoll: mr yeah so i just had a um a question um i believe it's policy bhc and there's a section on visits visit you know visiting schools yep and um it indicates that the committee needs authorization to visit schools and I would just throw it out to the committee for us to maybe think about that. I'm not sure how that works or what that means. I don't think we've ever taken a vote to have a visitation to a school or to have, you know, to allow a member to go visit a school. So I'm just, I know that's in the MASC template policy, you know, their policy manual, but I'm just wondering how that would work in practice. So I don't have an answer right now or a solution or a proposal. more um something i wonder about and maybe it stays or maybe there's something better so i'm inviting us all to think about how to do that to make it fair um and also respect our

▶ 1:43:21 Speaker 3: staff members at the same time i also think there's the reality of us as parents that we go to schools sometimes to see you know our our students there are kids there and talk to their teachers so while we're not in official committee mode during that time we are you know we have to go to the schools at times anyway so i think maybe we should talk to uh amy lindquist about this as well as the superintendent to see if there's a slight adjustment to that language thank you mr school for bringing that up any other comments questions for any of those policies yes sorry

▶ 1:43:53 Speaker 4: i think i'm understanding correctly that the only one that's changing is bid if i got this right in this slate of proposed policies and in BID member compensation expenses we're changing from Board of Aldermen to City Council I get that right is that that's essentially it the others are remaining the same understanding that

▶ 1:44:23 Speaker 3: they're on for review that is correct we are looking at all of these again and we can make any changes to update them to the correct current language or to really how the policy should work so it's the opportunity for us to review all of them and this is just informational review we're not voting so we have plenty of time between now and the next time they come up to us in front of us to change or draft changes good and just to drive my point home we

▶ 1:44:46 Speaker 4: get nothing for being on the school committee right unless I'm missing the checks we don't get paid for this work uh and it's the city council does get paid is that right i believe that's true yes what do they get five thousand bucks a year four thousand plus one

▶ 1:45:09 Speaker 4: thousand four thousand plus one thousand all right complicated four thousand plus one thousand we get zero plus zero is that right and we both you know in a tremendous twist of fate we get thirty dollars a year for expenses if i got that right okay we get 30 a year for expenses so don't spend that all in one place i guess is the advice i would would offer very good thank you madam chair i

▶ 1:45:33 Speaker 3: appreciate that oh my pleasure any other comments questions thoughts okay so we'll we'll bring back