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Mansfield School Committee
Facilities Subcommittee
Minutes for December 10, 2020
A meeting of the Mansfield School Committee Facilities subcommittee was opened and called to order
at 4:37pm.
Attendees: Lauren Scher, Linda Fernando, Matt Jacques, Ed Donoghue
Approval of Minutes
Minutes approved from 11/5/20 facilities subcommittee meeting (2-0)
New Business
• PPE Supply Update
o Obtaining everything needed
o No supply issue with wipes — using a different vendor; teachers like the product
o Matt doesn't foresee any future issues
• Policy Update
o KI Visitors to the Schools (review) `- c-
• Few additional changes including all visitors must check in; remove"schoal
office"
• Matt will revise and recirculate
o ECA Buildings and Grounds Security (new)
• First paragraph is fine
• In second paragraph, add reference to policy KF
• Inquire of history of KF, KF-R1 and KF-R2
• Matt will revise and recirculate
• Work Order Update
o System is up and running
o Only requests are for heat— bringing in more fresh air is a balancing act between the
cold weather and heat in order to keep dampers open 10%
o Asking teachers to close the windows before leaving on Friday so not open all weekend
Custodial Update
o A custodian on longterm disability has been extended for another 4-6 weeks
o New people added and college students have been very helpful
o Most of the work has been transitioned to inside
o One floater position is still open; determining the best way to fill this role
Return to School Update
o Robinson feasibility study
• Will take approximately 15 minutes to clean each section to turn it over (60
minutes in total)
• Will need to bring in two additional custodians each day to maintain the
cleaning between sections
• Not often running with a full staff
• Need to understand the budget implications if need to hire more people
o Bathrooms — managing all the cleaning as needed/required
approved 01-21-21
o New spray being used in classrooms where there are manipulatives — plant based, very
safe, 3-minute kill time (being used in other districts as well)
o Electric static sprayers used in big spaces and on Wednesdays
o Using grant money to purchase large drums of cleaning supplies; may also purchase
other equipment ($140,000 still remaining on the town side; will be spent by the end of
the month)
• Other
o Is there a need to have chairs or benches for the students to sit outside?
• Matt will discuss with Mary
Next meeting date: January 21, 2021 @4:30pm
Upcoming agenda:
• Approval of policies ECA and KI
• Supply Update
• Work Order updates
• Custodial updates
• Return to School update
Meeting adjourned: 5:40 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Fernando
School Committee