Present: S. Heinrich, W. Morrison, M. Morrison, J. Heinrich
Excused: D. Miller, T. Koenig

S. Heinrich called the meeting to order at 7:33 P.M.
 

Election of Officers

On a motion from S. Heinrich, D. Miller was nominated as Assistant Chair.  There were no other nominations.  The vote was unanimous.

On a motions from W. Morrison, S. Heinrich was nominated as Chair.  Ther were no other nominations.  The vote was unanimous.
 

Approval of Prior Minutes

On a motion from S. Heinrich, seconded by W. Morrison, the minutes of February 9, 1999 were approved with the following clarification:  Page 2 - Other Business: #2.  The high school space needs report referenced was the NESDC report.  The vote was 3-0-1.
 

Old Business

1. School District Meeting Report: S. Heinrich thanked those who members spoke at the Deliberative Session in favor of the high school addition and expressed disappointment in the close vote on Election Day.  Members discussed the impact the school funding issue might have had on the vote and possible additional measures that could have been taken to get more "yes" votes.  M. Morrison commended W. Morrison, T. Koenig and D. Miller for the work "over and above" normal committee work they had done in an effort to get the high school addition pased.
2. Parking/Fields Update: S. Heinrich reported that he had no new information regarding plans to complete the high school parking lot.  W. Morrison expressed concern that the "multi-level" main parking lot should be addressed.  Discussion turned to whether an administrator or school board members would be attending PBC meetings on a regular basis and how to go about arranging for that to happen.  Regarding athletic fields, Combat Corporation of Merrimack has been awarded the bid for the fields project and has already started work on the lower field.  J. Heinrich expressed concern that marching band may be eliminated in the fall as there apparently will not be a field available for them to use for practice.  There were additional concerns expressed about how parking lot and field improvements will impact July 4 activities.
3. Technology Update: W. Morrison and S. Heinrich reported that there is nothing additional to report.  W. Morrison noted that the Technology Committee has not decided what to do with the plan and how to adapt it to meet both the district technology needs and financial concerns.  He hoped they would continue working on the plan and keep the PBC updated and involved on a regular basis.

New Business

1. 1999-2000 Goals and Objectives: S. Heinrich noted that the committee had not approved 1998-99 Goals and Objectives. He requested all committee members review the last approved Goals and Objectives (1997-98) and propose any changes, additions and deletions at the next meeting so that this item could be completed by June.  W. Morrison proposed making "Planning for Future District Needs" a separate major goal.  He would like to develop a long range plan for the district which can be broken into workable pieces.  He suggested the committee look at the town build out study and figure out what the town would need when built out and work backwards to what we have now to plan the how and when of what we will need.  M. Morrison felt this was a good idea.  He said that major input from other sources would be needed but the build out study would give the committee a place to start from and expand on.  Other potential goals (complete surveys, website, and kindergarten) were reviewed as well.
2. 1999-2000 Meeting Dates: Due to member scheduling conflicts, the committee decided to schedule meetings at 7:30 P.M. on Thursdays, location to be announced, for May and June as follows:

Regular Meeting: May 13 and June 10
As Needed/Cancellation Meeting: May 27 and June 24.

The committee agreed to look at at schedule for the rest of the year when the rest of the committee was present.  J. Heinrich agreed to contact S. Isabelle to invite him to the next meeting and request he bring information regarding parking lots, traffic update, fence around parking lot, progress on fields, etc.
 

Other

Public Participation

On a motion from J. Heinrich, seconded by W. Morrison, the committee voted unanimously to adjourn at 8:23 P.M.
 

Last Updated: January 30, 2000 by Wayne Morrison