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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
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<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;
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<br /> absent this evening were Douglas Storrs, Clerk and John Miller.
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<br /> t.at a meting we�-e�� radsha }11 as � ��.Superintendent-and,-,_
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<br /> . .st f n.the:Ma-s .eO,. Cb,OO1 ,stems,r astas ` r. rales:
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<br /> r ales three three h sig and Lee Homer, ties kindergarten
<br /> to second grade _•-
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<br /> the Chairman c led the meeting'to ogler.quorum being present,
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<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. ;
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<br /> Environmental Educational Programs at Mashpee Public School
<br /> Ann radshaw uperintern-d-ent.-of Mft
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<br /> h e ecialists who a 6 `ahied her t `the ceti.t f
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<br /> examined beach profiles,-including the•sand grain distribution;piers,'etties{and-docks�-and4heir
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<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
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