AUBURN — The School Committee’s vote on authorizing weekly late arrival for grades seven to 12 students is postponed until July 18, one week later than planned.

The committee’s scheduled July 11 meeting was called off because the City Council is scheduled to meet in the Council Chambers. “They want TV access as do we,” committee Chairman Tom Kendall said Friday.

If the School Committee moved its meeting to another room, it would not be televised on Great Falls TV, the local cable channel. Typically few people attend committee meetings, but many watch it on Great Falls. Because the committee is expected to vote on two important topics, late arrival and breakfast for all Auburn students, “we felt it appropriate to change to the 18th for TV access,” Kendall said.

In the late-arrival proposal from Superintendent Katy Grondin, grades seven to 12 students would arrive two hours late every Wednesday, starting this fall. Teachers would use the two hours each week for professional development and plan new ways of teaching and adopt “mass customized learning” techniques.

The proposal may be unpopular with parents, Kendall said June 20, just as is half-day Wednesdays for grades kindergarten to six. Kendall recommended they move ahead with the plan to improve education and brace for criticism.

Another July 18 agenda item is approving the continuation of free breakfast for all Auburn students, a pilot program held this spring. More students, especially those from low-income families, ate breakfast before school in May this year compared to May 2011, which was one of the goals. But some parents object to sweetened cereals served at school.

The July 18 meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Auburn Hall.

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