8/9/1994 SCHOOL - HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes

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Elias said he fully supports the Committee ' s motion and would be glad to help but thinks the engineering firm under contract should be fully utilized , The committee thanked Elias for h i e initiative . FURNISHING SUBCOMMITTEE Merry Sue Janice and Dr . DeMoura Merry Sue explained the subcommittee has ret several times to brainstorm on what items a traditional classroom should have . They prepared an even larger list of questions for the architects . The architects did provide thea with a larger scale plan of all the spaces . The subcommittee has decided there are a series of areas that they don ' t know enough about and need direction from the committee on how to proceed , i . e . hiring coneu l tants t The committee agreed to ask SMMA to do a rendering of a typical classroom to help the subcommittee with their work . The Committee would like low storage in each classroom for books . Teacher ' s closets are included i n the de8ign . They would like one wall to have a counter or tables for the comput-Esl,rsp Dr , DelAoura noted that after the computer counte r , each classroom i s 28 eq feet, which is not too big . He also noted that after reviewing the larger scale plan there are Borne design issues to talk to the architects about, some things that are not in the r-ight place i . e . torage is not near the loading dock . The specialty areas where the subcommittee will need some consulting are science , mus i c/band room, v 1 u'al arts , business lab, fashion/nutrition , family living , educational technology , graphics/woodworking . Peter asked i f they had a. good idea of how far they could go themselves and how much assistance they will need? - Merry Sue said they do . They can discuss that with Paul and he can formulate a proposal for consulting work with Tavares,. Paul will speak with Tavares and find out how much it wi l 1 cost and also ask him to prove to the Committee he can provide the best services in those areas , D r . DeMou ra mentioned the American Association of School Administrator conference will be held in February 1995 in New Orleans . T t is the foremost collection of school equipment and furniture . The Committee agreed it would be beneficial for the subcommittee members to attend . Paul made a motion to ask the Selectmen if 3 furnishing subcommittee members can go to the American Association of School Administrators conference in New Orleans from Feb. 9-14 , 1995 to evaluate furniture and equipment for the high school and reimburse their expenses from the high school account. ,doe seconded the