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Tech during the school day to take advantage of the serv- Report of the ices we offer in our shops. If you need assistance, please call the main office at 432-4500 or 771-2600. Cape Cod Regional Respectfully submitted, Technical High School James H. Quirk, Jr., Chairman Cape Cod Tech District Committee District Thomas Bartley and David Terry Committee Members The year 1987 was very successful for Cape Cod Tech. Eight of our shops represented their educational programs Report of the at the Cape Cod Mall Show in late February, and a very fine Open House was held at Cape Cod Tech during the planning Department same week. Our basketball teams received the annual Sportsmanship Award from the Cape Cod Basketball of- ficials, and we congratulate the teams and their coaches. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen In June, eleven of our students went to Kansas to repre- and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: sent our school at the National Olympics for the Vocational I am very pleased to submit to the Board of Selectmen Industrial Clubs of America(VICA). They won this priv- and to the good people of Mashpee the 1987 report of ilege by winning gold medals at the state and regional con- the Mashpee Planning Department.Although the Depart- test levels.We are very proud of their accomplishments and ment has been hurt greatly by the staff and funding cuts look forward to increased competition in all of our depart- suffered during the year, a good deal has been ac- ments next year. Congratulations to these students, their complished toward improving the Town's ability to deal teachers, and the School Committee for supporting this with the continuing pressure of excessive growth. effort. Of primary importance among the items accomplished During the summer months,we shared our facilities with by the Department in 1987 were the steps taken toward the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds, the Probate protection of water quality and development of a public Court, the Land Court, and the Extension Services. This water system, reduction of the Town's excessive rate of was of mutual benefit to both the County, who had space real estate development, acquisition of conservation lands to use while asbestos was being removed from the West and cost reductions through developer negotiations. Barnstable Building, and to the Tech, who had an oppor- The May 11 Special Town Meeting adopted the Depart- tunity to showcase our building and our summer programs. ment's proposed bylaw requiring detailed Water Quality We appreciate the efforts of the County Commissioners, Reports for all subdivisions over 5 lots. The Town's County Administrator Barry Johnson, his staff, and the Groundwater Protection Districts were expanded twice staff at Cape Cod Tech so that County Services could con- to include new potential well sites. The Department tinue without interruption. helped secure private funding of approximately$100,000 We congratulate the 142 seniors who graduated in June, toward development of a Town well to serve the Sum- and we are very proud of the fact that 80 percent are merwood area as well as$725,000 which may be receiv- employed (48 percent in their trade) and 18 percent went ed from private sources toward other portions of the pro- on to further education. The Community Education and posed public water system, along with a$24,000 gift to Training Program(CETP) has continued to develop new the Planning Board to monitor water quality conditions programs which provide services to the adult population. in the Mashpee River. The first phase of the consultant Cape Cod Tech is one of 12 schools in the Commonwealth study of water quality problems in the Mashpee and San- to receive the State School Improvement Award. In fact, tuit Rivers was completed, greatly increasing our our school was the only regional vocational technical high knowledge of the sources of shellfish contamination in school to be designated as a recipient of the MOCSI(Mass- those rivers and Shoestring Bay. The second phase of the achusetts Organization of Citizens for School Improve- study,if funded by the 1988 Town Meeting, will pinpoint ment)Award. Our accreditation by the New England As- specific pollution sources and recommended solutions. sociation of Schools and Colleges has been extended for The Town Planner was also responsible for the July Town an additional five years. meeting articles which created the Town Sewer Commit- We have two new members on our Committee this year: tee and provided for the election of a Sewer Commission Allan Chace from Orleans and Michael Munson from in May, 1988, and has been involved with the Commit- Chatham.We accepted with regret the resignation of Gail tee in negotiations to develop a regional sewage system Sharman from Orleans.We invite you all to visit Cape Cod in the eastern portion of the Town, at no expense to the - 106 -