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Mansfield School Committee RECEIVED
Facilities Subcommittee W $ CLERKS OFFICE
Minutes for August 17, 2021 ZOZI SEP 22 P Q: 5b
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Attendees: Lauren Scher, Linda Fernando, Matt Jacques, Ed Donoghue
Approval of Minutes
Minutes approved from July 1, 2021 facilities subcommittee meeting (2-0)
New Business
• Summer cleaning update
• Stripped / rewaxed over 40 classrooms
• Rooms / hallways been scrubbed (all classrooms have been touched)
• Walked schools w Teresa this week; completely ready for Open House
21 painting projects completed: including QMS girls locker room, hallways, etc.
• Built 125 desks
• Brought back all furniture from storage (34 truckloads); moved items into
classrooms
• Facilities project update
o Landscape
• Removed weeds at all building, working w local landscape architect to
determine looks best visually and has the most staying power. Will not be
complete for OH but soon after
• Sidewalks removed in front of MHS along East street; concrete will be poured
next week and will be ready for the start of school (weather dependent)
• MHS: left of main entrance — doing something special with this area. Bench,
small trees, rocks will be added (similar to what the town has done to
encourage cohesiveness)
o Security check -in stations
QMS: will be 100% complete by end of day - ramp for new handicap entrance is
finished and railing will be painted today
Robinson: access control will be installed next week
• MHS: vestibule security window room built/complete; security glass will be next
week. Looks like a security check -in station without walls
• JJ: production delays in getting the metal installed; should be complete by start
of school
o Back -to -school cleaning / readiness
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• Epoxied 26 bathroom floors. Ground out the floors to get out all the dirt
and re -epoxied. All will be complete next week
• Lighting project — removed fluorescent lights; installed LED in over 500
fixtures. Everything will be finished per a student's IEP. Entire building
will be complete by next year
• Lots of other smaller items in the other schools
• All filters changed in HVAC units (quarterly change)
• All filter changed in water filters
• Town inspection will be today— police, fire, DPW going through every area of
each school to ensure the district is ready for opening
• Have kept up with HVAC recommendations from the last audit and making
repairs as needed along the way
o Boiler project
• Selected by MSBA to meet with their representative
• Site visit for tomorrow and if goes well, MPS will move to the next phase: go to
November Town Meeting to ask for funding for the MHS boiler project; town
has to fund the entire project and then get reimbursed by MSBA once the
project starts. Goal would be to start next summer
• Currently putting a lot of money into the upkeep of the boilers so really time to
replace
• PPE for back to school
o Have supplies needed for the first month of school
• Lots of wipes; pricing out on refills in case there's a need
• Numerous adult masks on hand; may need to purchase juvenile masks
o Waiting to hear about last minute mask requirements to determine what (if anything
else is needed)
o Suggestion to publicize the amount of work that's been done / PPE on hand especially
for those families who may have been fully remote for the past year
• Teresa is holding an information night on 8/26. Christine will discuss Covid
protocols and Matt should be included to discuss facilities
• Custodian position update
o Still looking to fill one position; may have an internal candidate. Not a lot of interest
from the outside; not a lot of applicants (people are hesitant to leave one district to
move to another)
• May need to look at how the job is presented to attract more people
o Will still be challenged if there are people who need to be out due to quarantine but can
manage
Next meeting date: September 21, 2021 @8am
Meeting adjourned: 8:55 am