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SPENCER/EAST BROOKFIELD – With an expected substantial completion date of August 14, the moving of furniture and replacement of the gym lobby logo were among the topics discussed by the David Prouty High School Building Committee in May.
In mid-July, the existing and surplus furniture that the high school and pupil services department are using in the pre-K wing will be moved out of the building.
Nick Pimentel, representing Colliers (owner’s project manager), said they also will be hiring someone to make trips from East Brookfield Elementary School to bring early education items to Prouty.
Also, new furniture is “scheduled to land August 4,” and there will be two weeks to get in things like equipment, technology, smart boards, projectors on walls and teach set ups, according to Pimentel.
“It will be a very busy summer,” he added.
Once the school year ends on June 18, there will be a few weeks where people will have the opportunity to come get the old furniture. It has been declared “surplus,” by the School Committee to make that option possible.
Superintendent Paul Haughey said that lists of what is available will be sent to both towns in case their departments have need of it.
They are also getting the word out now via social media.
Board member Mary Braney said she expects the furniture to be “quickly snapped up.”
Another discussion involved options to salvage the logo in the gym lobby that was damaged when a water main broke late last year.
Pimentel said possibilities include:
- Installing a high-resolution photo that was taken the day after the flood and printing it on a backer board;
- Laying new flooring down and staining it to match the gym flooring but paint the old logo on it; or
- Laying new flooring down and staining it to match the damaged logo as much as possible and painting the old logo on it.
Pimentel said pricing and scope of the project is still in the process of being reviewed by Fontaine Brothers. It will also be reviewed by the insurance company.
Pimentel said he is hopeful costs will be covered by insurance but the options were presented for “direction,” prior to when work begins after the school year ends on June 18.
Board member Ralph Hicks spoke about the importance of matching precisely.
“People will know if it is not (exactly) the same. A lot of alumni have memories and want to see them carried forward in both towns,” he said.
During an update, Pimentel said they reached out to O’Reilly, Talbot and Okun Associates to test the stockpile of remaining excess soil for volatile organic compounds so the school district will have that information once the building project is completed.
He said testing will be funded by the building project’s material testing budget. The estimated cost for testing and the report detailing the results is $6,000.
The next meeting will be on June 11.
