A special Meeting of the Litchfield Board of Education was held on Thursday, May 17, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. in the Intermediate School Library.

 

            Board members present were:  Mr. Shuhi, Chairperson; Messrs. Simone, Falcetti, Noone, Fairchild, and Gorman.  Mr. Tourtellotte and Mrs. Reardon were excused.

 

            Also present:  Dr. Vita and Mrs. Perusse.

 

Meet with the School Building Committee to discuss building project related issues

 

Priorities:  Safety and items that effect teaching, maintenance and upkeep.  J. Healy said many of the items are punch list items, such as unit ventilators.  Ceilings, bathrooms, etc. will be addressed at end of the project.

 

W. Shuhi stated that an all inclusive list is being presented by the Board of Education; the Building Committee list was incorporated into the Board of Education’s list.

 

Building committee member B. Buckley put list in 3 categories: (1) need to be addressed, (2) items in addition to L. Chapman’s list, and (3) items that concern the architect.  Some of the list should cost nothing to be taken care of.

 

J. Noone discussed painting of showers and bathrooms.

 

J. Healy – sinks and counters in 3 classrooms for science have been discussed by Dr. Vita and J. Healy.

 

D. Vita – health and educational issues need to be addressed.

 

J. Zullo – leak issues need to be reported to school building committee; leaks should be reported and documented.

 

J. Healy – classroom sound levels are responsibility of the architect.

 

K. Gilyard – air conditioning in Central office was discussed and approved last year by the building committee; proposal is about 3 weeks away.

 

J. Healy – a lot of work to be done this summer when students are not using the buildings.

 

D. Vita – where are we in sequence of process?

 

J. Healy – project is behind at the Intermediate School; will most likely be completed in July according to O&G project manager; LHS to be completed in the fall.  At the start of the project, everything was based on ed specs that were prepared a while ago; concerns included traffic patterns, school security; and indoor air quality.