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Committee outlines next steps; resident raises noise and adjacency concerns
Summary
The committee scheduled follow-ups including a school-committee update in September, an October executive session on security, a 10-year maintenance plan at the next meeting, and heard a resident urge reevaluation of noisy adjacencies (gym, band, cafeteria) to quiet classrooms.
The project team said next steps include a school-committee update in September, an October executive session with first responders to discuss security and lockdown procedures, and a first-pass 10-year maintenance plan to be presented at the next committee meeting on the 19th. Staff also reported they are building a three-dimensional photographic model of the building to review interior layouts and reduce site visits.
During public comment, a resident who identified himself as Tim Lit of Woodland Road urged the team to reconsider the adjacency of noisy spaces (gym, band, cafeteria) to quiet areas such as classrooms and the library and suggested exploring alternatives that place noisy functions at the edges of the building or outside the primary learning core.
"These are all noisy places, and they're you have them all adjacent to classrooms, library, places that are sort of quiet," the resident said, calling for attention to noise mitigation in layout decisions. The team said they would consider acoustics and the resident's point as they refine options.
