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deciding how this community will be run . <br /> Peter said this should be brought to a Selectmen ' s meeting . <br /> Steve said he is a little surprised by this, when he had the <br /> meeting with the State , they indicated a lot of people were very <br /> interested in the project; he got the impression they meant <br /> outside people, legislators , etc. <br /> Dr. DeMoura said the State did receive a lot of calls from a lot <br /> of people in town , Finance Committee members , 1 or 2 Selectmen , a <br /> lot of parents. <br /> Ed told the Committee they are very well served by Dr. DeMoura, <br /> he works well with the State Dept. of Ed . <br /> Paul agreed , the State had a lot of high praise for Dr . DeMoura' s <br /> efforts. They like the program being developed and they like the <br /> school . <br /> Ed said the town should develop a method for reigning in <br /> divergent opinions, in the future. <br /> Paul said the town owes a lot of these people a lot of gratitude <br /> for their efforts . Ed suggested writing them a very nice letter . <br /> Paul agreed but believes it should come from the Selectmen , he <br /> will draft the letter . <br /> FF & E <br /> The Committee wanted to see the rational behind the estimate . <br /> Ed explained the rational is to 100% equip the building , even <br /> though on opening day it will only be 65% full . No one is <br /> recommending you buy 100% now. <br /> The only way to refine the prices further is through design , the <br /> next stage. Before that it is only a budget, not an estimate. <br /> Paul said there had to be certain assumptions made by Mr. Tavares <br /> and Childs . <br /> Ed said for group III equipment, for example, Manny Tavares will <br /> have to sit with a teacher and find out what equipment they <br /> need/want. <br /> Paul said that will be a major problem because teachers won ' t be <br /> here. <br /> Dr . DeMoura said it does not have to be a teacher but a person <br /> with expertise who can make those recommendations . <br /> Ed said he does not know how to give the Committee more <br /> information than this . <br /> Merry Sue said finally there is a number of computers associated <br /> with the dollar figure . The furniture committee will have to get <br /> going so the budget line items can be further defined . <br /> Ed said this is a reasonable budget, you have to define all the <br /> pieces before it is an estimate . <br /> Steve said from a technology standpoint, they did a fair amount <br /> of work, but they were assumptions and that is not what this <br /> budget is based on . He needs to know what were the assumptions <br /> 3 <br />