ERCSD Facilities Committee Meeting

Tuesday, October 9, 2007 – 6:00 PM

SAU Conference Room

 

Board Committee Members Present:     Lucy Cushman, Ray Trueman, Kim Casey and Barbara RigordaEva

 

Other Board Members:  Sally Oxnard

 

Administration:  Arthur Hanson, Walter Pierce, Dick Wendell, Victor Sokul

 

Squamscott Community Commons:       Carol Aten, Charles Tucker, Don Briselton and Jeff – SCC Engineer

 

Other:   Don Clement – Exeter Conservation Commission, Lara Bricker – Exeter NewsLetter, Wendy MacArthur-Keith

 

 

John Hazekamp of Minuteman Documentation was present taping the meeting.

 

Squamscott Community Commons (SCC)

 

After a presentation by SCC’s engineer, discussion followed regarding:

• The loss of nine (9) parking spots in order to bring the drive through road up to grade
• The current uses for the field space which, in turn, uses parking spots – Seahawk Football and Exeter Parks and Recreation
• Don Clement said that although there is some loss of parking, the mitigation that occur to the Little River is very important

 

Following further discussion, on a motion by Lucy Cushman, seconded by Kim Casey and unanimously voted to recommend Squamscott Community Common’s revised plan to the ERCSD Board at the October 16, 2007 meeting.

 

Family Consumer Science and Tech Ed

 

The superintendent recommended that the new EHS be retrofitted to accommodate all of the Family Consumer Science classes commencing in the fall of 2008.  He also recommends keeping the Tech Ed Machines program at the SST and having Tech Ed classroom classes at EHS.  The following items were discussed:

 

·        It is estimated that the cost to retrofit a special education classroom to accommodate Family Consumer Science will be approximately $75,000.  This could be done through an encumbrance of surplus money in June 2008

·        This would give Family Consumer Science (FCS) two classrooms, one of which would be shared with Special Education.

·        A benefit would be the inclusion of more special education students into FCS.

 

Further discussion followed and on a motion by Sally Oxnard, seconded by Ray Trueman and voted Yes 2 No 2 (Cushman, Casey) to recommend this for the board.  Since the motion did not pass, it will still go to the full board for a full vote.

 

N. Merrill Letter

 

The superintendent issued to the committee a letter Chair Oxnard received on behalf of the ERCSD Board from Nathan Merrill, a resident of Stratham, concerning issues he felt existed with the new EHS.  The superintendent also issued responses to each of his questions.  After much discussion, it was decided the superintendent and Chair Oxnard will craft a response to Mr. Merrill on behalf of the ERCSD board.

 

Meeting adjourned at 7:02 PM.

 

Minutes taken by:

Arthur Hanson, Superintendent