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READING SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
MINUTES MAY 20 1997
THE SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE MET ON MAY 20 1997.
THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 8:05PM IN THE SUPTS
CONFERENCEROOM. PRESENT WERE ROBIN DANTONA, HARRY HARUTUNIAN,
ROGER SANSTED,RICH RADVILLE, JOE LUPI, BOB GRASSO,MARGARET COWELL,
BARBARA POOK AND RUSS GRAHAM. ALSO PRESENT WAS JOHN DOHERTY
PRINCIPAL OF THE COOLIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING
WAS TO INTERVIEW TWO ARCHITECTS FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE
COOLIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THE CHAIR ASKED JOHN DOHERTY TO PARTICIPATE FUULY IN
THE DISCUSSION.
THE FIRST ARCHITECT WAS HKT ARCHITECTS INC. THE
CHAIR ASKED JOE LUPI TO INTRODUCE THOSE PRESENT.
HKT OUTLINED THEIR BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS
TO FUFILL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND PRESENTED
RENDEREINGS OF SIMILIAR PROJECTS THEY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN. THEY
HAD VISITED THE COOLIDGE SCHOOL AND FELT THEY HAD MANY IDEAS WHICH
WOULD EXPAND SPACE AND ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE OF THE BUILDING.
MARGARET COWELL ASKED WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS WERE
ON DOING ANY CONSTRUCTION AND OR ALTERATION ON A BUILDING
CONSTANTLY IN USE. THEY BELIEVED ANY ACTIVITY COULD BE PHASED IN
SUCH A WAY AS TO MINIMIZE THE EFFECT ON THE SCHOOL.
DR HARUTUNIAN EMPHASIZED THAT THE STUDY NEEDED TO BE
DONE WITH A MENU APPROACH SO THAT IT COULD BE DONE IN WHOLE OR
PART DEPENDING ON COST.
ROBIN DANTONA STATED THAT THE PROJECT SHOULD BE DONE SO
AS TO ANSWER THE BASIC PROBLEMS OF ENROLLMENT AND CREATE SOME
PARITY WITH THE NEW PARKER MIDDLE SCHOOL BUT NOT DONE SO AS TO
APPROXIMATE THE PARKER WHICH IS BASICALLY A NEW EDIFICE.
JOHN DOHERTY ASKED WHAT PROCESS WAS USED BY THE FIRM TO
GATHER INFORMATION FOR THE PROJECT AND WHO WAS INCLUDED IN THE
PROCESS. THE ARCHITECT SAID THEY BELIEVED THE MORE THE BETTER AND IT
WOULD INCLUDE ADMINISTRATORS TEACHERS PTO SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND
SCHOOL BLDG COMM.
ROGER SANSTED ASKED IF THEY USED AN EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT IN
THEIR PROCESS AND THEY INDICATED THAT THEY HAD ONE AVAILABLE IF
NEEDED.
DR HARUTUNIAN ASKED ABOUT A TECHNOLOGICAL COMPUTER
SPECIALIST AND AGAIN THEY INDICATED ONE WAS AVAILABLE TO THEM IF
NEEDED.
THE COMMITTEE THANKED THEM FOR THEIR PRESENTATION.
THE COMMITTEE AT 9;08 INTERVIEWED A ANTHONY TAPPE &
ASSOCIATES.
THEY PRESENTED THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND BACKGROUND AS
WELL AS RENDERINGS OF SIMILIAR PROJECTS. THEY ALSO OUTLINED SOME
SPECIFIC THOUGHTS THEY HAD AS TO WHAT MIGHT BE DONE AT THE COOLIDGE
SCHOOL EMPHASIZING THAT THEY QUICK AND DIRTY OBSERVATIONS.
THE SAME PERTINENT QUESTIONS WERE ASKED OF THEM.
THEY TOO HAD PAST EXPERIENCES WITH BUILDINGS
BEING OPERATIVE WHILE CONSTRUCTION WAS ONGOING AND INDICATED THEY
HAD EXPERIENCED NO MAJOR PROBLEMS AS A RESULT.
THEY HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THE MENU APPROACH DESIRED AND
THEY FULLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE PROJECT WAS NOT INTENDED TO
EMULATE A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL JUST BUILT.
THEY EMPHASIZED THE NEED TO INVOLVE ALL THE COOLIDGE
COMMUNITY PARTICULIARY STAFF IN THE PROCESS.
THEY HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT ON BOARD AS WELL
AS ACCESS TO A COMPUTER SPECIALIST.
THE COMMITTEE THANKED THEM FOR THEIR PRESENTATION.
ON MOTION OF ROGER SANSTED SECONDED BU MARGARET
COWELL, THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10:23PM.