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• Horticulture built walkways on campus and 7 serviced the campus grounds irrigation system. Report of the Sewer Commission • Roots and Roses floral shop utilized Facebook and public venues with the goal of increasing opportunities for student hands-on experiences. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: • HVAC students repaired equipment in the school such as installing air conditioning in Adult As reported in previous years,the Massachusetts Education Office,and in two shop areas. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)have • Welding students made visits to both large established nitrogen loading targets for both the industry sites and local shops, and were visited Popponesset Bay (including Shoestring Bay,Mashpee by two technical colleges who presented River,Ockway Bay,Popponesset Creek and Pinquikset opportunities after graduation. Cove)and"East Waquoit"(including Sedge Lot Pond, Jehu Pond,Great and Little Rivers,Hamblin Pond and • The Information Technology shop instituted a the Quashnet/Moonakis River) estuaries (final targets new safety program for students aligned to both have not yet been established for the main body of state and OSHA frameworks. Waquoit Bay or Childs River). These formal nitrogen targets, referred to as TMDLs (Total Maximum • All freshmen passed the Engineering Technology allowed Daily Loads of nitrogen), are required by the MCAS with proficient or advanced scores. federal Clean Water Act. The Town (along with the other towns which share the Bays'watersheds)is faced • In the Plumbing Shop, 90 percent of students with the need to determine how we will meet those passed the Tier Three test. targets. Mashpee's Watershed Nitrogen Management Plan(WNMP) project is intended to identify the most • Eighty-three (83) qualified students participated cost-effective approach to reducing nitrogen in each of in placements for Cooperative Education, our coastal watersheds to levels that meet the targets, Internships, and Student Practicums for real-life while also dealing with phosphorus impacts to our work experience. ponds and protection of overall water quality. • CCRTHS continued to address capital needs from During 2014, the Sewer Commission made the long range capital plan this summer with the significant progress toward completing the WNMP. ireplacement of the school's electrical switchgear Following up on the work done and the reports (approximately $380,000). However, CCRTHS completed in previous years, including the Needs also continues to seek a partnership with the Assessment Report, the Technology Screening Massachusetts School Building Authority Analysis Report, the Draft Alternative Screening (MSBA) for a major renovation or replacement Evaluation and Site Evaluation Report, the Final of the facility because remaining physical plant Alternatives Screening Analysis Report, and the issues exceed the capacity of the operating Massachusetts Estuaries Program (MEP) reports budget. analyzing the ability of a series of alternative scenarios for reducing nutrient contamination to meet the TMDL Please visit our website: www.caoetech.us for nitrogen targets,the major product of this year's efforts more information. by the Commission and our consultants was the"Draft Respectfully submitted, Recommended Plan/Draft Environmental Impact Report". The Plan describes work to be done in five 5- Scott P. McGee and David Bloomfield year phases, plus a preliminary phase regarding CCRTHS School Committee completion of the Plan review and approval process by the DEP and the Cape Cod Commission. As each phase is completed,the condition of our waterways and other factors will be analyzed to determine how well the Plan is working toward achieving the TMDLs,and 143