The Arlington School Committee's regular meeting and hearing on the proposed  fiscal 2011 budget was held Tuesday, March 9, at Arlington Town Hall. The meeting began at 7:30; the budget hearing began at 8 p.m. Here is the tentative agenda, updated March 8:

7:30 - 7:35 1. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (for other than budget matters)

7:35 - 7:40 2. CONSENT AGENDA all items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion.  There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the committee so request, in which event the item will be considered in its normal sequence.

   * Approval of Warrant:  #10122 dated February 23, 2010 in the amount of $464,914.50.

    * Minutes for Approval:  none

 7:40-7:45 3. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, K. Bodie

7:45-8:00 4. DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, L. Heigham

8:00  5.  RECESS REGULAR MEETING AND ENTER PUBLIC HEARING  ON FY 11 BUDGET

8:00 - 10:30 6. PUBLIC HEARING ON FY 11 BUDGET       

    * 8:00 - 8:10 Budget Update and Overview, K. Bodie, D. Johnson

    * 8:10 - 8:20 Budget Survey Results, J. Curro

    * 8:20 - 9:50 Public Feedback and Questions, J. Curran

    * 9:50 - 10:30 Committee Feedback and Questions

10:30 7.  ADJOURN BUDGET HEARING AND RETURN TO REGULAR MEETING

10:30 - 10:45    8. UPDATE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH COMMITTEE, L.   Heigham

    * Naming of the superintendent finalists            

    * Planning of the public interview

    * Format of each finalist's visit to Arlington

10:45 - 10:55   9. POLICY AND PROCEDURES, D. Burns

    * FIRST READING: BDAA ELECTION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE OFFICERS - change language

10:55-11:00  10. OTHER BUSINESS

11:00 11. ADJOURNMENT