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Meeting Minutes 04/27/2006

SOUTH PORTLAND SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SECONDARY SCHOOLS FACILITIES COMMITTEE

April 27, 2006


MEETING NOTES


These notes were prepared by Polly Ward to the best of her understanding. If you find any inaccuracies, please contact the Superintendent of Schools Office at 871-0555 within one week after receiving the notes.

Present: Ralph Baxter, Jr., Carrie Hall-Indorf, Ralph Baxter, Sr., Ralph Cabana, Dennis Welch, Dan Cecil, Wendy Houlihan, Steve Bailey, Molly Aldrich, Ellen Brasier, Randy Martin, Sylvia Green, Craig Roberts, Coral Sandler, Dave Brochu, Kevin Woodhouse, Mark Reuscher, and Polly Ward.


1. Welcome - Review of Agenda

  • Introduction of members

    2. Approval of minutes from April 6, 2006

  • Approved

    3. Discussion of site and playfield meetings

  • Dan reported on the meeting with Jeanne Crocker and Kevin Woodhouse on the playing fields.

    • Kevin wants to retain the field hockey field; could live with one softball field on the site

    • The baseball field may not be needed on the site if one is built at Wainwright.

    • Tennis courts are City courts, not School Department Tennis courts.

      • Could move five courts to City Park area.

      • Unsure if the city would consider putting the courts on the park land.

      • Another alternative would be for the tennis courts to move to Wainwright.

      • If the baseball field were to move to Wainwright, might be able to use that space for tennis courts or softball, and use the softball space for tennis courts.

    • Concern for irrigation of all of the playfields.

    4. Update of building plan - while moving cafeteria.

  • Comparisons of design with keeping the annex and removing the annex.

  • If keep the annex, cannot use the brick envelope that we are talking about for the rest of the building.

  • Have to skin the annex with something that can be held up by the structure

    • Pre-finished but light exterior paneling system.

    • Using the annex may continue the problem of multiple levels at the junction with the older portions of the building.

  • For the May 11 meeting, Dan wants to refine the two plans and determine the cost estimates for new building and renovations for the two schemes.

    6. Other

    a. Review of Space Allocation Workbook, pp. 38-42 in the Harriman Report

    • To be discussed at the next meeting. A meeting will be held next week for anyone who wants to review the Space Allocation Workbook in preparation for the May 11, 2006 SSFC meeting.

    b. Updates on results of other meetings with Staff held since April 6, 2006

    • Meetings with Kevin Woodhouse and Jeanne Crocker on fields

    • Meetings with the Technology Committee - another on April 28, 2006.

      • Trying to look at Technology as the State would in a State-funded project

      • Also looking at eliminating or changing some of the technology spaces.

    • Meeting with Librarian

    • Meeting with Faculty groups, 9th grade teams, High School Leadership Team

    • Meeting with City Emergency Management Director

    • Test pits on fields - good idea to get geotechnical folks to do these now

    • Resolve the corner by the Nazarene Church early on

    c. Coral reported on a trip that the Student Senate took to Noble High School on April 26, 2006

    • Atmosphere in the pods - comfortable, safe, fun, natural lighting.

    • Liked having the communities

    7. Next meeting May 11, 2006 from 6.30-8.30 in the SPHS Library

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