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Mr. Obie requested, seconded by Mr. Delay, the item be held over to the August 22 meeting, as there were people who wanted to testify. e XII. Community Schools Policy Proposals A. Approval of revised composition of Community Schools Coordinating Committee--letter and memo distributed to Council. Manager reviewed background of the composition of the Committee and noted School Board agreed to having one School Board and one City Council representative on the Committee. Scott Shaw and Ruth Miller were available to answer questions. Ms. Smith felt the revised composition addressed the concerns of the Council, clarifying both the composition and voting membership of the Committee. Mr. Lieuallen indicated satisfaction in the composition and said it clarified that staff people would not be voting members. Mr. Hamel moved, seconded by Mr. Delay, to adopt and approve the revised composition. Motion carried unanimously. B. Approval of Goals for Community Schools Coordinating Committee-- Memo distributed to Council Manager noted the reason for the adoption of goals for this committee had been that at budget time there had been a concern as to whether the Community Schools should be continued, expanded, and what their e accomplishments were. He said the next step would be to develop a system of measuring and determining whether the schools were working toward these goals. Mr. Haws asked for clarification if this applied only to the 4-J School District and not Bethel. It was determined it applied only to the 4-J Districtw Ms. Smith wondered whether it was the intent to establish measuring devices prior to the next budget-making process, by next January or February. Scott Shaw replied that was part of the consideration. He said the Committee had to start with a plan and develop a interim report, noting this establishment of goals replaced the 1974 Planning Document. Manager said this was a good starting place, and he felt the goals were adequate, saying they could be changed later, as time went along. It was noted the item would be on the School Board's agenda for its Monday night meeting. Mr. Hamel wondered whether the item should be held over for more study and for adaptation of stronger goals. Mr. Lieuallen said one of the difficulties in trying to establish goals was in cate- gorizing the function of a particular school in a particular neighborhood. He said almost by that necessity the goals would e 8/10/77--13 bl3