1993-HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE

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She asked if they knew of the old shooting range in this vicinity? Mr. Franceschi said he was not aware of that. Ms . Peters asked if the Committee will consider that before the acquisition? . Tom stated the town already owns that property. It is located near the underground river valley and that area is to be avoided anyway. Ms . Peters asked if any consideration was given to the fact 151 site is closer to the Police station , given town meeting just funded a police liaison in the schools? She asked why they did not measure the distance of the present school to the sites, so there can be sharing of facilities - they could use the auditorium and pool at the high school . If it is not built at the Mashpee center site , the 65 houses would be the equivalent of 260 people which is very different from 1350 students plus staff. Jayne Hendricks, 73 South Sandwich Rd . Previously the architect mentioned the percentage of students who could walk or ride bikes to school . She thinks most high school students use cars . So. Sandwich Rd is a very winding , narrow road . High school students racing down it in cars will make it even worse. . When this center site was proposed at town meeting for conservation land , it did not pass by only 2 votes . This report (handed out this evening) says see traffic report in the appendix but there is no appendix . The Committee explained the complete report will be available in the Selectmen ' s office tomorrow morning . Ms . Hendricks thinks a high school and elementary school should be at completely separate locations, they do not mix. Community impact, center site says , on the matrix , it is accessible for after hours community use but that is not listed for the 151 site, why not? Mr. Franceschi stated it could be used but the implication is there is a need for late busing and it would be less available. Alexa Fox, Tri Town Circle . She asked why they are proposing an elementary school at the same site with a high school ? She agrees they do not mix. Mr . Dinizio explained the site is large enough that they will be far apart. Ms. Fox asked why the playing fields are so close together at the 151 site when it is such a large site? Mr. Franceschi explained they were just looking at the capacity of the site. They are reserving space for a future elementary school . The Center site, because of the rolling topography, needs more space to allow for grading. • Tom Fudala added at the 151 site, 50-60 acres is within or south of the power line so it is cut off from the rest of the site. Mr. Dinizio added the proposed fine arts center is another 6