4/11/1994 SCHOOL - HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes

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f r that building . Merry Sue suggested talking to the 7th and 8th grade teachers now and get their input . Back to Michael Pare - Peter asked how he sees himself and D r . DeMou ra working together to identify educational use of technology in this school ? Michael Pare responded that he and Mike Petrowski will be talking with Dr. DeMoura soon to see what type of technology we really want to use. Get input from both directions , we will show what type of technology is arra i t abl e . Merry Sue mentioned a few people from Sandwich have gone to an educational technology conference and you may want to get input from them when they return . BillJones also knows someone who is head of the computer department at Newton high school . Peter suggested all these inputs be funnelled through Michael Pare . He should coordinate all this information and be the person to talk to D r+ DeMou ra t Merry Sue agreed . when Michael is ready , we should get some of those resources in . Peter explained they have told the Architect there is someone on the committee very knowledgeable about technology. Michael has the opportunity to make this what you like but you also have to realize one of the big issues is oust control what can we afford ,. Michael agreed . He mentioned that last week . one of the first things to do is find out what money we have available . we also must look at what resources we can tap on to for donations. He noted this all has to be coordinated with the State as well . He recently met with D r . P. Robertson and tried to get a feel f o r what funds will be available. Bill Ma rt i ros asked where the Committee fits into this process? Peter responded that it will all come down to the design process . The technology will be looked at like any other function of the building . Mike Pare will be the lead person. it is a joint effort with the Architects,. `BASK LIST Bill Jones prepared a preliminary/suggested 'ask List, The fi rst thing to be done is establish the list of tasks that need to be done , This is ,'ust a jump start, we have to, at first, agree on the tasks . One of the key functions of the p ro,*ect manager is to formulate a schedule . The architect will also have their own schedule Bill agreed . F rom the task list you will constantly evaluate your costs and schedule and constantly update them. Peter thinks the genesis of this should come from the Architect. We have to let the architect take the lead . 3