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REGULAR SESSION MINUTES 2 MARCH 9, 1993 <br />priority placed on instruction and the relative leanness of <br />administration. He will circulate the report to the schools <br />and to the Finance Committee. <br />NEW BUSINESS <br />REVIEW OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAM <br />Chairman Cummings asked School Committee and School Building <br />Committee (SBC) member Roberta D'Antona to begin the <br />discussion of the SBC design plans and financial data. The <br />Chair also welcomed Co -Chair of the School Building Committee <br />Roger Sanstad, who introduced members former Selectman Russell <br />Graham, David Williams of Parker Middle School, members Paula <br />O'Leary, Joe Lupi, Eaton Principal Donald Farnham, and <br />architect David Finney of the Design Partnership of Cambridge. <br />Mr. Sanstad said that in the three.years the SBC has been in <br />existence the focus has been on space and educational needs. <br />This year the SBC has emphasized financial planning. He <br />reviewed the ten -year elementary school population projections <br />for Birch Meadow and Joshua Eaton, and said that the proposed <br />additions and renovations would create two buildings of 22 <br />classrooms, each designed to serve approximately 508 children, <br />a figure slightly below the peak population projections. <br />This presentation to School Committee for endorsement was the <br />first step in the process leading to Town Meeting, Mr. Sanstad <br />said. Subsequent presentations will be made to the Capital <br />Advisory Subcommittee of FinCom, the full Finance Committee, <br />and the Selectmen. He noted that after the March 23 election, <br />the SBC will hold two to three sessions for Town Meeting <br />members. <br />Mr. Sanstad then introduced architect David Finney. Mr. <br />Finney began by discussing the population projections, empha- <br />sizing that his goals had been to achieve equity in design <br />working within the architectural constraints of the individual <br />buildings, and to be cost - effective by designing not for the <br />1995 absolute population peak but for the probable long -term <br />population. <br />In comparison to the designs of three years ago, Mr. Finney <br />continued, the 1993 plans are more efficient. Although he is <br />now designing for more children than in 1989, the estimated <br />costs for new construction are actually lower than in 1989. <br />Reviewing the specifications, Mr. Finney said that both <br />schools' additions will have steel frames with brick exterior, <br />with a flat roof at Birch Meadow and a pitched roof at Eaton <br />