2/10/1994 SCHOOL - HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes

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r specs call for a band , chorus and music theory room each room being used only 20 of the time for a total of 4,000 sq feet, The largest roam i s 1 , 6000 sq feet, not big enough for the entire band. It can be re-configured to a larger band room of 2 , 000 sq feet and that could also be used for chorus , a smaller room of 500 sq feet for instrumental Instruction and ensamb l es., This saves 1 , 500 sq feet or about $200 ,000 and it is meeting the needs better. -- Academic classrooms - ed specs call for 7 classrooms but scheduling demands show a 80 utilization factor, If utilization is 85%v the classrooms drop to 3 , Under the new state guidelines for submitting ed spec, only 31 would be required. The ed specs never take study hall into account, If a computer room was added in each house, it could be used during students free time for homework , repo its, etc. This reduces demands on other spaces and is meeting the educational des i res Phys s ed ath 1 et i cs - needs demand teaching stat i ons. You are providing 4 and a pool , 2 gyms and 3 , 000 sq feet for bleachers , which seem to be fixed , doesn ' t mane sense. If the spaces are combined and the bleachers are collapsible, the space is available all the time, there is roomy for a comet i t i e size court and is making the p ro 4 ect more efficient. Peter Constable and Peter Evans will be the team working on equipment and furniture from the beginning , It involves a lot of coordination with the en g i nee rs . Peter Evans, form Universal Engineering said Mash pee seems to have an ambitious expensive program. They recommend deferring h a e � purchase of high tech systems to later on , as construction begins on the project. when you defer the cast you can reduce the overall cost, This way systems are not obsolete when the school opens. This i s an area where choices are extremely important You could spend $25 ,000 per classroom very easily. You have to carefully examine all new high tech available and determine which ones do we need in every classroom, or do we only need it in every 5 classrooms , o r centralize it so the students can get to It David Finney talked about the site. Addressing the site issues are critical to meeting the goa l,s, we can achieve that if we get the design process and site design to move smoothly. Have to first determine how the s i to will be used so we can begin the testing , wells, borings, etc . Roger Kallstrom, landscape architect said filing of the EN F should be the first goal . It will require cooperation from the Committee because decisions will need to be made quickly , He visited the site and talked with Tom Fuda l a and Bob Sherman * They walked to the river and looked at the Power lines . He presented issues to be decided before filing of ENE, - traffic and entry of the site - old Barnstable Fid may not be the best entry because of line of sight. what are plans for 8