Thursday, May 20, 2004
Wayland High School – L1
Attendees
HSBC members: Lea Anderson, Steve Breit, Brian Chase, Jim Howard, Mary Lentz, Joe Lewin, Cindy Lombardo, Eric Sheffels, Steve Tise
(Absent: Josh Bekenstein, Dianne Bladon,)
Ex Officio members: Gary Burton, Fred Knight, Allyson Mizoguchi, Charlie Ruopp
Turner team: Dick Amster, Julie Bezoetdebie, Bob Ho
HMFH team: Steve Friedlaender, George Metzger, Doug Sacra
Prior to the regular HSBC meeting (6:45 – 7:50 p.m.), Dick Amster, Julie Bezoetdebie, and Bob Ho from Turner presented their perspective on public sector construction.
Chairman Lea Anderson called the twelfth meeting of the HSBC to order at 7:55 p.m.
Lea presented a communications plan, developed by Dianne Bladon, which calls for regular short press releases after each HSBC meeting, major columns over the next six weeks on three topics (existing conditions report, educational programming, and families of options), community forums (July 8, August 26, and several final presentations through the end of November). A sample press release was distributed. The group concurred that the press release was appropriate and should be sent to the local papers. Lea will send the press release to the Town Crier and Boston Globe.
-Meeting Milestones/Decision Date Targets
Dick will update the schedule to include time for feedback on the existing conditions report at the next meeting on May 27 and inclusion of benchmark data on June 3. HSBC members recommended posting the schedule to the website and at the library, and sending it to the five schools for inclusion in newsletters. It was suggested that a graphic schedule be developed (Dick and Doug) for clearer communication and that the schedule be sent to the local press (Lea).
-Draft Program
Steve Friedlaender introduced the education program by reviewing the thorough process involving all constituents that has taken place over the past three months. He said that the input from the staff has been revised many times. The numbers result in a large project and there are good reasons for each part of it. He used athletics as an example of a program whose space is very highly utilized by both the high school and the town. The square footage noted in the educational program is high, but relates to the usage. A second example is the cafeteria where the goal of the educators is to seat 600 students at one time. The proposed square footage per student is tighter than today, but the overall square footage is larger to accommodate fewer lunch periods and a larger student enrollment.
The HSBC was asked to take time to review the draft program and allow HMFH to show how the program fits into three families of options. There will be opportunity to question the program. Some members of the committee expressed surprise at the size of the programming numbers. Other members reflected back on the goal of looking at the program first, then making tradeoffs when we know what is to be traded off. A request to include benchmark data against other schools was reiterated. Doug and Dick will add this to the milestones. Doug cautioned that schools are very different in their educational program. It is important to first understand Wayland’s program and compare it to schools with similar emphases.
Doug led the group through the detailed preliminary programming matrices. Comments were numerous and varied, for example:
- renovated buildings might result in classrooms of slightly different sizes from those in the programming matrix
- trade-off of computer labs for future enrollment space might make sense
- do multi-use rooms serve the needs of the music and drama programs?
- budget awareness has to drive the discussion
- benchmarking against other schools by program is needed
More discussion on the program will take place over the next few weeks.
Minutes – A motion was made by Cindy Lombardo and seconded by Joe Lewin to approve the minutes of HSBC meeting #11 on May 13, 2004.
Vote - Nine in favor; none opposed.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:15 p.m.
Observers: Regular Meeting- Pat Abramson, Mark Santangelo
Information Session- Barry Newstedt, Ted Rhoades
The next regular meeting of the HSBC is scheduled for
Thursday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the School Committee Conference Room in the
Town Building.