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<br />Selectmen’s Meeting <br />April 4, 2011 <br /> <br />A joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen and School Committee was held on Monday, April 4, <br />2011, at 8:00 a.m. in the Selectmen Meeting Room, Town Office Building. Chairman Manz, Mr. <br />Kelley, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Burnell and Ms. Mauger; Mr. Valente, Town Manager and Ms. Pease, <br />Executive Clerk, were present. All School Committee Members and Dr. Ash, Superintendent <br />were present. <br /> <br />The Selectmen and School Committee discussed the Bridge and Bowman school renovation <br />projects. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelley believes that the schools should not be renovated and instead new schools should be <br />built. He would like to wait until we know the cost of rebuilding the Estabrook School and then <br />compare the cost of new versus renovation. His position has always been that new schools <br />should be built. <br /> <br />Ms. Stewart, School Committee Chair, stated the School Committee has a 10 year plan that had <br />been vetted and discussed for a long time. Mr. Burnell supports the School Committee’s plans to <br />renovate Bridge and Bowman Schools. <br /> <br />Ms. McKenna believes the voters would want new schools and plans to vote against the <br />renovation project for Bridge and Bowman. <br /> <br />Ms. Stewart will be making the presentation at Town Meeting on the plans for renovating Bridge <br />and Bowman that she hopes will answer everyone’s questions and convince Town Meeting that <br />renovating Bridge and Bowman is the best plan. <br /> <br />The Selectmen took a position on Article 13a – Appropriate for Public Facilities Capital Projects <br />for Bridge and Bowman Schools Renovation Design, Development and Engineering. Mr. Manz <br />Mr. Burnell and Ms. Mauger support this article; Mr. Kelley does not support the article; and Mr. <br />Cohen supports the article but suggests doing a non-binding question at the next annual election <br />after the Town knows the cost of building new schools as opposed to renovating the existing <br />schools, to determine the community’s support for the two alternatives. <br /> <br />Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 9:00 a.m. <br /> <br /> A true record; Attest: <br /> <br /> <br /> Lynne A. Pease <br /> Executive Clerk <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />