HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-01-08-SC-min-ammendedLSC Meeting Minutes 1.8.15 – Approved by LSC as amended on 3.8.16
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LEXINGTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Samuel Hadley Building
201 Bedford Street
Present: Superintendent Dr. Paul Ash; Chair Margaret Coppe; School Committee Members
Jessie Steigerwald; Judith Crocker; Alessandro Alessandrini; William Hurley
Also in Attendance: Members of the Ad hoc School Master Planning Committee, Lexington
Board of Selectmen, Appropriation Committee, Capital Expenditures Committee, Phil Poinelli of
Symmes, Maini, and McKee Associates.
Minutes written by Margaret Coppe. Both the Ad hoc School Master Planning Committee and
School Committee meetings were filmed by LexMedia.
Call to order: Chair Margaret Coppe called the School Committee to order at 7:00 PM.
This School Committee meeting was called so that a quorum of its members could freely attend
the ad hoc School Master Planning Committee. The ad hoc School Master Planning Committee
(AdhSMPC) meeting was chaired by Judy Crocker and Bill Hurley. Their meeting minutes can
be found on the Town website.
Phil Poinelli of Symm es, Maini, and McKee Associates (SMMA) presented an update and cost
projections on phase III of the AdhSMPC’s 11 identified school master plan elements.
Discussion of various components followed, including prioritizing and/or grouping elements,
delivery processes, capacity implications, cost, schedule, and identifying any additional needed
information.
Consensus was formed around SMMA’s proposed long-term solution Option 9. Its components
include:
• Bowman Elementary – Pre-Fabricated Addition (2 classrooms, an art/music room and
hallway)
• Bridge Elementary – Pre-Fabricated Addition (2 classrooms, an art/music room and
hallway)
• Harrington Elementary – Additions and Renovations (6 additional classrooms, plus space
for special education, art, music, and Pre-K and to enlarge the cafeteria)
• Hastings Elementary – New School (with 27 new classrooms)
• Clarke Middle – Pre-Fabricated Addition
• Diamond Middle - Additions and Renovations
• Not to move forward with any Fiske project
Ms. Coppe left at 9 PM.
LSC Meeting Minutes 1.8.15 – Approved by LSC as amended on 3.8.16
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The School Committee recessed at 9:35, the AdhSMPC adjourned at 9:40pm, and the School
Committee entered back into public session at 9:50.
Discussion on following:
• Need for short term options, especially for Fiske
• Standard modulars versus prefabricated modulars; will finance committees support
• Need better sense of timing for redistricting
• Option to fund leased standard modulars from operating funds
• Questions involving timeline and cost for the proposed number of classrooms
• Options to deal with Fiske overcrowding
o Repurposing of Art/music rooms for general classrooms
o Redistricting
o Standard modulars
o Cafeteria space
• Budget meeting with chairs
MOTION to adjourn (Hurley, Crocker)
The Motion was approved 4-0
The meeting was adjourned at 10:14 PM.
Place on Consent Agenda for SC Approval 3.8.16
Voted Approved by the School Committee as amended 3.8.16