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MASHPEE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 11, 1992 MEETING COMMENCED AT 7:00 P.M. Members present: Tony Gallo, Chairman, Deidre Greelish, Denise Sullivan, Al Polsi, Dan Goggin, John Ferriday Tony Gallo, Chairman, indicated that we would discuss the minutes of February 4, 1992 and February 6, 1992 after we heard from the School Building Needs Committee and the Waterways Commission. SCHOOT. BUILDING NEEDS COMMITTEE - Bill Jones, Chairman of the School Building Needs Committee was unable to attend the meeting, but Peter Dinizio, member of the School Building Needs Commttee was present and presented the Committee's request for a fifteen room addition to the Mashpee Middle School. Also present at the meeting for discussion were Lincoln DeMoura, Superintendent of Schools; Alec Matt, Member School Building Needs Committee; David Terry, Member School Building Needs Committee; Carole Dunivan, School Committee Member; Nancy Caffyn, Selectman. Peter Dinizio indicated that the two Mashpee schools were designed for a total of 1,000 students. Presently the schools are 140 students over this amount and they are expecting 185 more children will enroll in the Mashpee Public School System in September. The Committee looked at all of their options: 1) construction of a 600 student elementary school; 2) the addition of 15 classrooms to the Middle School; 3) utilization of the Davis School for 9 classrooms; 4) portable classrooms; 5) year round education; b) double sessions; and 7) increase class size to 30 plus students. Of these seven options, the School Building Needs Committee would like to see the 15 classrooms be added to the Middle School. This option is recommended because the Middle School already has existing modern facilities, eventually will be tranformed into a Jr/Sr. High School and for financial considerations. The financial considerations are that the addition will cost approximately 2,000,000.00 in costs, it will be a tax impact, capital improvement to the town, target date will be January 1993 for four classrooms rather than September 1993 and an elementary school atmosphere. One concern of the parents was that younger children will be mixed in with much older children. Peter Dinizio then went on explain that the way the addition is -designed the younger children will have their own bus stop and will be separated from the older children. Carlson Engineering has constructed these plans, so far, free of charge. The estimated total project cost for the addition is $2,015,300.00. This figure, of course, does not include the cost of staffing, furniture, or any other costs the school will need to operate like utility costs, etc. The long range plan to preserving the school system would be that a new elementary school