Town of
John
Anderson Francis Family
Scholarship Committee
Meeting
Minutes of
Meeting
Room A
Members Present: Gail
Browne, Chairwoman, Mary Cabral, Philip Guadiano,
The meeting was convened at
1. Public Statements
B.Schneider announced that the Arts in Windows will be featured by
Massport at
P.Guadiano mentioned
2. Approval of minutes
Bill Schneider moved to approve minutes of
Mary Cabral moved to approve
minutes of
3. Old
Business
The post office box fee of $50.00, was approved unanimously to be
reimbursed to O.Ciliberto. Motion made by Bill Schneider.
4. New Business
Gail Browne presented copies of her extensive research regarding
School Choice students. This research reflects that 100% of the School
Choice students have been awarded scholarships from the JAFFSC since 1996.
The documents provided by the Chairperson included the following:
A) A December 2006 letter from Edward G. Boxer, retired Principal and
Guidance Director of PHS to clarify past practice in the awarding of the JAFF
Scholarships. In his thirty-one years, anyone who applied for a JAFF
Scholarship was awarded one and "residence...has never been a criteria for
receiving a scholarship...".
B) Each member also received
copies of JAFF Scholarships awarded from the class of 2001 (17 Scholarships),
2002 (13), 2003 (18), 2004 (12) as well as School Choice Graduates from 1996
(1), 1997 (1 E=Employment), 1998 (no graduates), 1999 (no graduates), 2000 (2),
2001 (1 E), 2002 (1 E and 1 Scholarship), 2003 ( 3 E & 1
Scholarship), 2004 ( 3 E) and 2005 (
1 E). For the class of 2006 there were 6 School Choice Graduates who went
to college with no Scholarships granted. School Choice awards were granted from
1994 on but it was not until 1996 that there was a senior who applied for one.
Research completed by Gail Browne with support from the Superintendent's
office indicates that from 1996 through 2006 was not to discriminate against
any Provincetown High School graduate applying for one (who was going on to
college). It is unequivocal that in every case (100%) of School Choice
where a non-Truro or non-Provincetown student applied for a JAFF Scholarship
did receive a scholarship, discussion ensued that Town Counsel should be
availed of this updated information.
C) Residency has not been a requirement as stated in the
"Recommendations" for the basic criteria for scholarship awards as
set forth in Cecilia Francis' will.
Mary Cabral moved to request the opinion of legal counsel with the committee's
original questions presented to Board of Selectmen, the new information and
data, and to stress that time is of the essence as graduation for the class of
2007 is
The above action was approved unanimously, 5-0-0.
The meeting adjourned at
JAFFSC Meeting Minutes submitted by Eleanora Kwah-Chun Irving