HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-06-25 ad Hoc School Building Committee MinutesREADING SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
JUNE 25 1996
A MEETING OF THE READING SCHOOL BUILDING
COMMITTEE WAS HELD IN THE SUPERINDENTANTS CONFERENCE ROOM AT 7:30 PM JUNE
25 1996.
PRESENT WERE MARGARET COWELL, JOE LUPI, BOB GRASSO, BARBARA
POOK, ROGER SANSTED, RUSS GRAHAM AND RICH RADVILLE ROBIN DANTONA JOINED
THE MEETING AT 7:55. ALSO PRESENT WERE FRANK ORLANDO NEWLY APPOINTED
PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL AND DR. HARATUNNIAN. SUPT OF SCHOOLS.
DRA STATED THAT THEY WISHED TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR
THOUGHTS AND STRESSED THAT THEY NEED MORE INPUT BEFORE A FINAL REPORT AND
THAT MANY QUESTIONS REMAINED UNANSWERED.
DRA THEN BASICALLY TURNED THE MEETING OVER TO THEIR LANDSCAPE
CONSULTANT WHO REVIEWED MUCH OF THE SAME GROUND THAT HE PREVIOUSLY
DISCUSSED WITH THE COMMITTEE.
AMONGST HIS THOUGHTS WAS THE CLOSING OF THE SWIMMING POOL
AND A ROAD TO THE HANSCOM AVE SIDE OF THE FIELDS. THE CHAIR POINTED OUT THAT
THE SWIMMING POOL IS THE DOMAIN OF THE TOWN RECREATIONAL DEPT AND DOES
NOT BELONG TO THE SCHOOLS AND STATED HIS BELIEF THAT ANY NEW ROAD TO
ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD BE POLITICALLY NOT ACCEPTABLE.
AFTER DRA HAD LEFT THE MEETING THE COMMITTEE EXPRESSED THEIR
CONCERN THAT THEIR PRESENTATION HAD BEEN NOT AN ACCEPTABLE ONE AND THE
CHAIR WAS DIRECTED TO SPEAK TO THE PRINCIPAL OF DRA AND EXPRESS OUR
UNHAPPINESS WITH THE PROGRESS OR LACK THEREOF IN THEIR PRESENTATION.
ON MOTION OF ROGER SANSTED SECONDED BY ROBIN DANTONA THE
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:25PM