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<br />Ad Hoc School Master Planning Committee,
<br />Board of Selectmen, School Committee, Appropriation Committee
<br />and Capital Expenditures Committee
<br />January 8, 2015
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<br />A joint meeting was held on Thursday, January 8, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. in the Public Services
<br />Building Cafeteria, 201 Bedford Street.
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<br />Ad Hoc School Master Planning Committee members present: Dr. Ash, Superintendent of
<br />Schools; Ms. Crocker, School Committee (SC); Mr. Hurley, SC; Mr. Kelley, Board of Selectmen
<br />(BOS); Mr. Goddard, Director of Public Facilities (DPF); Mr. Himmel, Permanent Building
<br />Committee (PBC); Mr. Oldenburg, PBC. Liaisons present: Mr. Cole, Capital Expenditures
<br />Committee (CEC); Mr. Levine, Appropriation Committee (AC).
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<br />Symmes, Maini and McKee Associates (SMMA): Mr. Poinelli, Educational Planner; Joel
<br />Seeley, Project Manager; and Kate Jussup were present.
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<br />Mr. Pato, Board of Selectmen chair, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Ciccolo, Ms. Barry; Mr. Valente, Town
<br />Manager; Mr. Addelson, Assistant Town Manager for Finance, and Ms. Chabot, Assistant to the
<br />Executive Clerk, were present.
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<br />Also Present: School Committee (SC) members: Ms. Coppe, chair, Mr. Alessandrini, Ms.
<br />Steigerwald; Appropriation Committee (AC) members: Mr. Parker, chair, Mr. Bartenstein, Ms.
<br />Garberg, Ms. McLeish, Mr. Michelson, Mr. Radulescu-Banu; Capital Expenditures Committee
<br />(CEC) members: Ms. Hai, chair, Mr. Kanter, Ms. Manz.
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<br />The Capital Expenditures Committee called their meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. The Ad Hoc
<br />School Master Planning Committee (AhSMPC), Board of Selectmen, School Committee, and
<br />Appropriation Committee called their meetings to order at 7:07 p.m.
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<br />Introductions and Overview
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<br />Members of, and liaisons to, the AhSMPC introduced themselves. Ms. Crocker gave an
<br />overview of a calendar of events to date, beginning with the spring and fall of 2014, when the
<br />Superintendent’s Enrollment working group presented multiple reports to the SC that LPS
<br />enrollment has grown by 500 students in the last 5 years and is forecasted to grow by another
<br />712 +/- 325 students over the next 5 years. The School Master Plan centers on developing
<br />preliminary 5-10 year long-term solutions related to cost, schedule, and how to best meet
<br />capacity needs. The architectural firm SMMA has conducted this process in 3 phases: Phase I:
<br />Capacity Analysis (Sept 2014); Phase II: Elementary Schools Short & Long-term Options Study
<br />(Oct 2014) and Phase III: Comprehensive School Master Plan (hoped to be received next week.)
<br />The SC has had numerous presentations in October – December 2014. In November 2014, the
<br />SC made the request to the BoS for a Special Town Meeting to address the urgency of
<br />September 2015 overcrowding. In middle to late January 2015 the SC hopes to hold two
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