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Town of Mashpee-- -- <br /> Blue Ribbon.ComprehensWe Committee <br /> September 14,2006 <br /> Town of Mashpee Blue Ribbon Committee was called to order'Mashpee Town <br /> The�'� � .. tuber <br /> Hall.1 1 GreatNeck Road ' I b ee) Massachusetts at 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, Sept <br /> 4}2006,The Chairman,Don Myers, presided <br /> Blue Ribbon �ittee Members present: hainnan Don Myers; hackie green, icy <br /> e Berl Kane, ella h enberry} Steve Ball and Ted Theis; <br /> hair� dee � � � <br /> absent this evening were Douglas Storrs, Clerk and John Miller. <br /> h ee chi <br /> t.at a meting we�-e�� radsha }11 as � ��.Superintendent-and,-,_ <br /> Alsopre' <br /> arles + <br /> . .st f n.the:Ma-s .eO,. Cb,OO1 ,stems,r astas ` r. rales: <br /> tbre,Q; QlcnQ�,Sp i .s <br /> thrcug�_WOk";�Ppp ",,_pyo., , <br /> r ales three three h sig and Lee Homer, ties kindergarten <br /> to second grade _•- <br /> -.- <br /> the Chairman c led the meeting'to ogler.quorum being present, <br /> _- L_."a-.... _•..,_•._._"_ =��i-t <br /> - <br /> . . , Approval of Minutes <br /> Approval was granted t6 the minutes of the August 10,2006 meeting minutes and the <br /> August 24,2006 minutes were withheld,until received and reviewed by Board members. <br /> Communications <br /> Public Comments <br /> There were.no public.,po"ments at this time. ; <br /> • - _ New Bus 1P .L...=•.,.� ._L'.'y.:y:•,-.- ti ..t_ . <br /> -- - t <br /> he hrree <br /> Environmental Educational Programs at Mashpee Public School <br /> Ann radshaw uperintern-d-ent.-of Mft <br /> aee School - <br /> s as introduced, as-well as t <br /> . tiz. <br /> h e ecialists who a 6 `ahied her t `the ceti.t f <br /> cue c � � . <br /> -Lee Hbrner spoke first telling.the Cottee members that children in her kindergarten <br /> to grade,two classes the focus-was water con=_vation*.' is inOuded b tb ng,toil etosWng, <br /> showers and. el cation. I-n the first and send.grades- the water pycle was intredue d•}trach <br /> . "+" <br /> ter- oes -for second-grade,-it was a Mashpee River'-OU culum:--She paid that�t" , <br /> where the water <br /> brought awareness.to-children-in-the lower levels,that the-children.were•like•sp Inge s.and would• <br /> bring this water knowledge to the elementary schools. <br /> Bob Bail' spoke next, about science stu�donts in grads gree through six. . t grade three, <br /> he-gida,-there was u proms called-the watershed Unit,'an ehvironnental pr�*cut regading <br /> Yahoo-Pond:The-lesson'-plan as called Project Life}.cnordinatcd for grade Lfour-tlie forest;grade <br /> -5-die pond'and grade six-the salt maxsk trying water through-the watershed..He said that the <br /> teachers were strong andlh�t-the children in these grades also get water management,in addition <br /> to Pro' t-Life;lie added that there-was-a Water-Resource's-Fes}with-bro'chur es-pvetrout-1 y. <br /> -Americo -volunteers, Ike-said"Every fid.touches.base with-it,-in-grades-three,�four and•frve."Re <br /> said that each grade-works on a water related project,whether it is the cloud jar in fifth grade or <br /> the at r_ de its. i th grad .1 afd..diat the sellMg point was.that'it supports_teachers.tom <br /> do science.""' <br /> Charles,Anastasia spoke about his students at l a hpee High-School,next. He said that <br /> students were taught Earth Science in grates nine and ten and-there were between 100-to 150 <br /> students tak the each yew. He-added that it was supplemented by two days of field <br /> g <br /> science Study,- here students"c6llected,data with their fibld study-kits and tradked-home.usage-for <br /> suveral-da s� . Natural as-A taught; which•also had-Eel&study:The-stade t <br /> � n s.. <br /> examined beach profiles,-including the•sand grain distribution;piers,'etties{and-docks�-and4heir <br /> Fr <br /> ,ffn'•.'act on-the oceans. He added that there was a Watershed Symposium.on December g, 2006 at <br /> ge r e age, wb� ti d.gve art�c arts an idea cf what is ggn .t _�_..._ <br /> watt Stat old I_c <br /> environmental'sector. s for himself,-he teaches bialbgy,.and•dues a Forest watch to study ozone <br />