Plainville Community Schoosl
Steering Committee Agendas & Minutes

June 22, 2004 Minutes

Committee: Plainville Community Schools' Steering Committee

Date: June 22, 2004

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Attendees: Robert Ciotto, Daniel Dube, Christina Gilbert - Dutkiewicz, Richard Ireland, Jack Mastrianni, Ron Pavano, Bill Petit, Becky Tyrrell, Barbara Willard, Tom Wazorko

Also Present: Kathy Binkowski, ex officio, Lynn Logoyke, ex officio, Alan Schutz, Jim Brown, Mel Masse, David Jepson.
Absent: Richard Ireland, Jack Mastrianni, Gail Millerick, Ron Pavano,
Jay Steeves

New Member Introductions. Bill Petit introduced new members Daniel Dube, Christina Gilbert-Dutkiewicz and Michael Sileo to the committee. Mr. Petit gave the new members a brief history of the committee.

The committee discussed the June meeting with Town Council. Mr. Petit told the committee that the Town Facilities committee will meet in one week and at least one council member will request a study to see if the high school needs to be moved up on the Long Range Plan. Jim Brown, facilities director for Plainville Community Schools discussed the condition of Plainville High School with the committee. He told the committee he believes that the high school is not in that bad of shape. He said that some systems at Toffolon were as bad if not worse than the high school. The facilities department was able to fix items that were an issue in the last couple of years and he feels they can extend the life of the building by continuing to do repairs and upgrades.

Jay Steeves joined the meeting at 7:08 p.m.

Dave Jepson discussed the Long Range Plan with the committee. He told the committee that the plan as it stands now is a good one. The plan has a good use of swing space at Linden for the Toffolon project. If the Board of Education was moved into the old Linden it would trigger building upgrades due to change of use, however, they can use it as swing space for Toffolon without any upgrades and avoid using portables at the elementary school. He told the committee that he feels the high school and Toffolon projects are separate and should not be linked for referendum.

The committee discussed the roof and auditorium issues. Mr. Brown and Mel Masse, Custodial Manager for Plainville Community Schools, explained the roof and auditorium problems at the high school with the committee. After a complaint, the state strongly suggested that the auditorium be closed because of broken tiles that contained asbestos. Additionally the expansion joint in the high school failed and caused the roof to become saturated along with gypsum. Mr. Brown discussed the abatement and remediation process with the committee. Due to a freeze in the BOE Budget this year and an unexpected savings in special education outplacement, the board has money to replace the roof. The school district is receiving emergency assistance from the state to pay for the