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A-4 / w Nesting of the Appropriation Committee, Wednesday, January 22, 1969, 7:30 p.m. Present: R. Gary, Vice Chairman; J. Blaisdell; R. Blomfield; L. Burnell; E. Furash; D. White; R. Souza; R. Perry, Comptroller Budgets discussed The following budgets were approved: #5150 $6500 #5350 $19,500 #5400 $103,750 New Junior High School discussed with Logan Clarke, Rudy Fobert, Tom Taylor Yr. Taylor said that the SSBC expects bids to be opened just before the March Town Meeting. The schedule calls for completion by spring, 1971. All play areas necessary for the school are included in the plans and in ,—� the estimate of34.6 Million. L.) Comparison with Diamond J.H.S. V When Diamond had 900 pupils, the School Dept. found they had to use the guidance rooms and parts of the cafeteria, library and stage as teaching stations. Therefore they agree with the School Building Assistance people that the number of teaching stations for a 900-pupil Junior High School should be 25, or 4 more than Diamond has. It was estimated that the increase in price over the $2.2 million paid for Diamond is due to: (Diamond) 2,200,000 Construction Cost increase (50%) 1,100,000 increase in requirements (State)(15%) 495,000 Program and allowance for expansion 805,000 4,600,000 Logan Clarke pointed out that the $805.000 includes some expense attributable to future capacity increase - when the school needs to be expended to 1200 pupil capacity, they expect that only the classrooms will have to be added, all the central services will have been included in this constsruction. The enlarged library area was mentioned as the single most expensive change made in this school, made to facilitate carrying out the present program of increasedindependent work. Operating Expense Budget Mr. Clarke suggested a meeting to discuss the school operating budget for 1969. The committee will try to schedule a meeting early in February. Respectfully submitted, Ruth F. Souza, secretary