Town of North Stonington, CT
Ad Hoc School Building Committee
New Town Hall Conference Room
40 Main Street, North Stonington, CT 06359
Monday, February 23, 2009 – 7:00 P.M.
Regular Meeting
Approved Minutes
1. CALL TO ORDER:
Chairman Bob Carlson called the Regular Meeting of the School Ad Hoc Committee to order on Monday, February 23, 2009 at 7:01 P.M.
2. ROLL CALL
Committee Members Present: Chris D’Angelo (Vice-Chairman), Sam Cherenzia, Bob Carlson (Chairman), Arthur Dobley (Recording Secretary), Jeff Frenette (Corresponding Secretary), and Brett Mastroianni.
Committee Members Absent: Barbara Siner, Heather Mars, Marie Sehl, and Leslie Driscoll.
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS:
Mr. Arthur Jerbert spoke about his preparation of the copies of the 2007 Report on 21st Century Schools. He will supply them to the committee at the next meeting. He also spoke about the method of displaying the various school designs in a side by side fashion for comparison purposes.
4. ADDTIIONS TO THE AGENDA: None
5. MINUTES:
Review minutes of the 1/12/09 meeting.
MOTION by C. D’Angelo, SECOND by B. Mastroianni to accept the Draft Minutes of 1/12/09 with no corrections. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Review minutes of the 2/9/09 meeting.
MOTION by S. Cherenzia, SECOND by J. Frenette to accept the Draft Minutes of 2/9/09 with no corrections. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
6. CORRESPONDENCE:
A. Sam Cherenzia provided site plans of the current schools on large paper.
B. Bob Carlson gave a letter on LEEDS Building Green program to Jeff Frenette.
7. OLD BUSINESS:
A. Review of Data The committee discussed the Option 1 Building Plans again. Bob Carlson reviewed the comments from the previous meeting made by members who were not present for this meeting. Discussion followed about the pros and cons of the plan. One strong point was that the school was on one side of the road. Brett wanted to know about the original 6 plans mentioned in the report, since only 4 plans were detailed in the report.
8. NEW BUSINESS:
A. Regionalization Packet The committee discussed the packet and the lack of support from neighboring towns as expressed in their letters. Discussion followed about financial support for regionalization, and the decrease in control with regionalization.
B. Subcommittees Bob Carlson discussed the importance of subcommittees, and that we should start thinking about them in regard to their topic and structure. Mr. Jerbert suggested that 3 subcommittees be formed based upon the 3 schools. The committee discussed this.
MOTION by J. Frenette, SECOND B. Mastroianni to establish 3 standing subcommittees covering 3 schools; Elementary (Pre-K to 5th grade), Middle (grades 6 to 8), and High School (grades 9 to 12), with each committee having 3 members and no member may serve on 2 of these 3 school subcommittees at the same time. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Brett Mastroianni volunteered for the Elementary School Subcommittee. Bob said that next month the subcommittee positions will be filled.
C. Liaisons Bob talked about Liaisons to other town committees, and their importance. The Ad Hoc School Building Committee members may share a liaison position in relation to one other town board. Chris suggested that the 3 members of each standing subcommittee (in essence each school) share the same liaison position at the other town boards. Jeff volunteered to be the liaison to the Board of Education. The liaisons would only pass the facts.
MOTION by J. Frenette, SECOND B. Mastroianni to establish 4 liaisons groups to attend 1 meeting per month of the following 4 North Stonington Town Boards: The Board of Education, Board of Finance, The Permanent School Building Committee, and the Board of Selectmen. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
B. Action Items
1. All of the committee members will review the data on the Option 2 building plan and compare it to the needs of the NEASC report.
2. Brett will investigate other meeting locations, and a new location for the next meeting.
3. Jeff will get the computer file for the Board of Educations By-Laws.
4. All members should think about which subcommittee they would like to join.
5. Also the topic of liaisons should be considered by each board member.
9. DISCUSSIONS:
A. Jeff asked about the updates on the e-mail accounts. They should be provided in a couple weeks.
B. Brett asked about holding the meetings at other locations. The next meeting might be held at a different location.
C. Sam talked about establishing a mission statement for the committee.
D. Bob also discussed the Board of Educations By-Laws. They can be used as a guideline for the Ad Hoc School Building Committee.
10. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION by S. Cherenzia, SECOND by B. Mastroianni to adjourn the School Ad Hoc Committee Meeting at 8:40 P.M. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Respectively Submitted,
Arthur Dobley, Recording Secretary
Ad Hoc School Building Committee
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