Lexington (MA) High School Senate

LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT-FACULTY SENATE

2004-2005

Moderator Ben Skier, Assistant Moderator Jim Williams, Secretary Lexy Smith

<http://lhs.lexingtonma.org/senate>

5-25-05

Today's Agenda: Announcements, Committee Reports, Open Comments, Welcome to new senators, Election of new Executive Committee, Extension of Weighted GPA Bill veto period, Community Service Bill

Minutes from Meeting: 5-11-05

I. Call to Order

Meeting is called to order at 7:51 by Moderator Skier

II. Approval of Minutes

Motion Approved Motion by Chair to approve Minutes of last meeting

III. Approval of Agenda

Motion Approved Motion by Chair to approve Agenda

IV. Announcements

a. Senator Williams wrote to the Minuteman about the fact that

Unweighted GPA Bill will hurt no one; come to school

committee meeting in this room on May 24th @ 7:30

V. Committee Reports

Elections 1. Thanks to Senator Jeon and Bogdanow for helping

yesterday

afternoon; we still need more help as elections are underway

2. Elections will be held next Tuesday during homeroom and

candidates' paragraphs will be posted on website

VI. Open Comments

a. Senator Buttaro says that there will be a celebration of

community on Monday at Depot Square @ 6pm to celebrate

diversity. Also, there must be a strong showing at the

upcoming school committee meeting

b. Senator Bogart announces play writing class' showing of their

original plays tonight and tomorrow @7pm in Drama Rm

c. Senator David says that Ultimate Frisbee Team will have a

yard sale at Sen. Lubershane's house this Sunday

b. Moderator Skier thanks everyone for being here on time on

this beautiful spring day

VII. Extension of Dr. Jones' Veto period for Unweighted GPA Bill

a. Dr. Jones needs a few more weeks to officially pass the bill

Motion Motion by Senator Lubershane to extend veto to May 25th

Vote: Motion Passes

VIII. Recruiter Resolution

a. There will be a ten-minute limit on discussion so that we can

get to the executive summary

b. Disappointment expressed at impotency of a resolution

c. We should vote on this resolution and pass it because it

basically says what we want to say

d. Even though we decided that this resolution would be sent

instead of a letter, we should really send both

Amendment: As a last sentence, insert "The executive

committee of the LHS Senate strongly requests that the

Lexington School Committee endorse this resolution in light

of the school system's stated policy on discrimination and

statement of purpose and core values"

Vote: Amendment Passes

e. Instead of focusing on what the old bill could have done, we

should concentrate on what we can do with this resolution

Motion Motion by Senator Girondel to Call to Question on bill

Vote: Motion Passes

Vote: Resolution Passes

IX. Executive Summary

a. Moderator Skier and Secretary Smith summarize senate's

accomplishments, discussions, and decisions this year

b. The year started off with the creation of open comments and

the executive appointment of a parliamentarian

c. Then, the Card Playing Bill was passed and later vetoed

d. Senate then discussed the five open seats in senate and

cafeteria cleanliness, later forming an Ad-Hoc committee to

oversee cafeteria cleanliness

e. Then, senate passed the Unweighted GPA Bill and since then,

the veto period for this bill has been extended several times

f. Senate Day then took place, for which executive committee

distributed pins which senators were to clip to

their hats

g. Senate then passed the First Class Bill and discussed the

Substitute Bills from 1991 and 1994

h. A debate then occurred about what specifically defines an

underrepresented group at LHS; SLUJ applied for an

open

seat and was denied, while the GSA earned one of

the seats

i. Senate then had a substitute bill redux, as a result of which we

decided to have oversight committee poll the school about

current procedures and policies concerning substitutes

j. We then discussed Sophomore Open Campus Bill but it was

later determined that, since fourth quarter had already started,

the bill would have to revisited early next year

k. The senate then had several weeks of passionate debate

about the Military Recruitment Bill, which was later passed by

senate but then vetoed by Dr. Jones

l. A motion was then made to override the veto of the Military

Recruitment Bill, however; after the motion was struck down

and then later reconsidered, the senate voted to not override

m. Presently, senate is discussing Community Service Bill

List of Senators Absent from Senate meeting

*Denotes excused/notified absence.