1994 JUL-DEC-HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE

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MASHPEE .HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE MINUTES WEDNESDAY, JULY 6 , 1994 TOWN HALL embers Present: Peter Dinizio, Merry Sue Ahlgren , Michael Pare , Bill artiros , Joe Polito, Paul Griffin , Steve Greelish , Janice Mills , Tom udala Iso Present: Dr . Lincoln DeMoura, Ian Aitchison , Ray Bordwell , Bob ournier, Dick Foster , Dan Salien bsent: Joan Avant-Tavares INUTES Merry Sue made a motion to accept the minutes of June 21 , 1994 . Paul Griffin seconded the motion . All members were in favor . ** EW BUSINESS he Committee discussed a letter sent to the Board of Selectmen from Bill ones . Although it was classified , the Selectmen have said the Committee an discuss it. The Committee reviewed it for any points that may need tion . int 1 . Bill feels the building is expensive and exceeds Mashpee ' s needs . ul explained he spoke with Bill last week about his resignation . His sire to resign is truly for health reasons and it is in his best interest resign . Bill thinks the Committee should build a "box" because it is st economical . Paul then discussed the concerns about that design - inly light and circulation . Those issues were discussed with DRA and the mmittee agreed not to build that, if they can afford it. Bill wants to e the building reduced to house only 900 students . y Bordwell commented . If you reduce the building to 900 students, you ly get reimbursed for 900 students and it will be even harder to build r $110 per sq foot because the site costs are now a larger percentage of e cost. The building looking expensive , Ray said he hopes the Committee ired them because they can do a good job. They have built buildings that n national awards that were built for $45 per sq foot. There is not a irect correlation between cost and how the building looks . He is sorry ill felt that way . This building has the program agreed upon and is less an 183 , 000 sq . feet. Bill doesn ' t feel 7-12 is educationally sound . DeMoura spoke with the Dept. of Education . In MA. there are 65 schools at have a 7-12 or 8-12 arrangement, out of 543 . It has to do with the ize of the community . He feels it is educationally sound and takes ception to that statement. $ter said it seems Bill ' s preference is to build a small high school and nen build an elementary school in 5 years . Is that more expensive? aul said it is more expensive , especially the operational costs - building tilities , maintenance, principal , etc. erry Sue said she did not hear any negative remarks from the Middle School taff when the layout was presented to them. 1