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139 eting was adjourned. ~ r~-~esi~ent ~1 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON Wednesday, November 13, 1985 AT 12:00 noon IN THE Basement Conference Room. THE PROPOSED AGENDA IS AS FOLLOWS: Lunch meeting with School Board BY ORDER OF THE MAYOR BY Jeanne Cox (signed) BASEMENT CONFERENCE ROOM November 13, 1985 Council met in special session on this date for a lunch meeting with the School Board with the following members present: Mr. Barnes, Mr. Buck, Mrs. Gle~son, Dr. Gunter. Absent: Dr. Hall. Dr. Vincent Cibbarelli, Superintendent of Schools, listed the following assumptions the administration was making regarding the upcoming budget: 1) raises for school personnel, 2) lower pupil/teacher ratio, 3) increased enrollment at lower grades, 4) increased State support for education in FY 86-87, $) expansion of summer school, 6) identification of at-risk pre-school children, 7) increased alternative education programs, 8) implementation of race relations study recommenda- tions, and 9) study demographics of school districts regarding population and racial balance. Ms. Alicia Lugo, Chairman of the School Board, stated that the community was very supportive of the school system and that the schools were becoming increasingly concerned with the total development of children. Ms. Lugo stated that a major goal of the School Board was to have public schools exceed what private schools provide. Ms. Lugo stated that the Family Life Program, done in conjunction with the Monticello Area Community Action Agency, was attempting to help involve parents in the schools. Mr. Buck, discussing the upcoming budget process, cautioned the School Board that the same proportion of new City money may not be able to be given to the School Board as has been mn the past, noting that many of the proposed increases in the school budget would be accumulative in nature. Mr. Buck requested that the schools continue to look sensitively at their budget in relation to the overall City budget. Dr. Cibbarelli stated that he understood that any increases would need to be reasonable and justifiable. Ms. Lugo stated that very favorable reports had been received from groups who had used the Charlottesville High School Performing Arts Center. Mr. Jim Dunbar, of the School Admini-stration, stated that options are being explored for a feasibility study to investi- gate using Jefferson School as a central administration facility, and that he felt the study could be funded out of the school's operating budget. Ms. Andrea Robinson, Coordinator of School-Community Relations, stated that November 17th began National Education Week, and she listed events scheduled. ~eting~ wal adjourned.