Reports - Rule 53

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▶ 16:29 Peter D. Mortimer: committee seeing no orders from committee we will proceed to roman numeral section 8 under rule 53

▶ 16:39 Peter D. Mortimer: reports from outside committees on which alderman serve and participate alderman Medeiros please

▶ 16:44 Monica C. Medeiros: thank you i have a report as the school committee liaison at the last meeting the school committee focused its school spotlight on the lincoln school miss st george was here and she chose to highlight some of the inclusive practices that they've instituted at the school she worked hard to make sure that the student voices were heard in the presentation which highlighted such things as a quiet room for lunch and what the students were most excited about which was flexible seating so the school has been piloting a program that was started by the teachers who had received a grant from the Melrose Education Foundation and it's been continued on through the generosity of the teachers and the PTO and the students can choose from a variety of chairs including butterfly beanbag and yoga balls and this helped the students feel more comfortable and focus their energy on their work one of the kids talked about how he could you know bounce on the bouncy chair and on the yoga ball and it actually helped him to focus more school committee member mr. Bremsky made it clear that these chairs that we have that we sit on are nowhere near as comfortable as the butterfly

▶ 18:04 Monica C. Medeiros: chair but the override continues to dominate the budget discussions as everyone here is aware the superintendent has presented two budget scenarios one assuming that the override vote passes and one in which the question to be voted on April 2nd fails so last meetings focused on staffing levels and the members definitely echoed their support for the higher funding levels that would be provided if the override passes so the budget discussions will continue and the next meetings are scheduled for February 26 also March 12th we'll do discuss the budget but non salary items in March 26 with the possibility of a March 19th meeting so stay tuned and please keep an eye on the Melrose schools website and of course the agenda packets the details of which are outlined for the public to see thank you thank you very much

▶ 19:07 Speaker 9: alderman Medeiros seeing no other further reports from outside committees