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#15 to ask for money to improve buildings
Developing a November '04 Warrant
The Facilities Committee has presented its Year End
Review to the School Board. Included in that review
were an overview for 2003/2004, committee work completed
this past year, and projected work for the new school
year.
Work for 2004/2005: The Committee will develop
the Warrant for renovation funding to go before the
voters in November to address the category 1 &
2 Life Safety issues brought forth by the Sewell Report.
(The Sewell Report rated each item by priority: 1
for currently critical, 2 for potentially critical,
3 for necessary but not yet critical, 4 for recommended,
and 5 for not meeting code. Items were also labeled
by the type of category that they impacted, such as
energy, life safety, ADA accessibility, air quality,
appearance, functionality, and building integrity.)
The Committee will also evaluate programming needs
of each of the buildings to ensure that the Warrant
contains the funding to address any programming requirements
that the District may wish to address while completing
the life safety renovations. These program issues
involve science labs at the high school, removal of
the portable at Dunn and replacing with new classrooms
physically attached to the building.
Overview:
Last year, the District had completed its asbestos
abatement at Russell and Memorial and the reorganization
of all three elementary schools into the current configuration
of two K-2 and one 3-5 schools. The Pennell Ad-Hoc
committee finalized its deliberations with the Town
Council of Gray and the Board of Selectmen for New
Gloucester. The James Sewell Company completed an
Asset Renewal Plan assessment in March and the District
continues to evaluate the information in that report.
Work completed:
The Pennell Ad Hoc Committee recommended returning
the Pennell assets to the Town of Gray in exchange
for a long-term leases for the District's Central
Office staff.
The Facilities Committee began the process of converting
the 10-year maintenance plan into an asset renewal
plan using information from the Sewell Report. The
Report gives the SAD a better understanding of what
renovations or repairs need to be conducted and assigns
an approximate cost to each item.
Dunn School will have an improved lower ball field
to be used for recess, physical education classes
and other community activities.
