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1994-2003

A Period of Evaluation and Planning

Though there were no capital improvement following the new roof and classrooms, this was the period that defined the school as it is today. Several events led the Cooperative Board, which is responsible for the school to spend many hours looking at the future of the school. It was during this period that the state Fire Marshall's office found a number of non-conformances in the facility. Based on these issues Harriman Associates was contracted to complete an environmental engineering study of the facility. During this same period TJM Consulting reviewed the health and safety issues in the kitchen/Culinary Arts area. This was a class with 16 students in each session being held in an area originally designed for two people to prepare lunch for 20 to 25 special needs students. The costs to remodel this area would exceed the cost of constructing a new area. In the fall of 2001, two significant events related to the future of the school took place. The first was the Future Search weekend where 40 people representing a diversified sampling of the communities gathered and took a hard look at the role of the school for the next 10 years. The second was the visit by a team from NEAS&C to determine if the school's accreditation should be extended for another 10 years. The consensus of the people participating in the Future Search weekend was that the school was a vital resource to the communities, and the necessary investments should be made to allow the school to continue. The NEAS&C report said the school was bordering on excellence, and made several recommendations to improve the facility. The appropriate committees were formed to see how all these recommendations might be achieved. The primary needs were money, money, and more money. It was decided to start with the "priority one" health and safety issues. The first funding source was a federal grant and a small loan from the state Revolving Renovation Fund. This funding was supplemented by many hours of work by the National Guard and a number of donations of land, materials, and labor. A requirement for applying for these funds was a facility assessment. This study was performed in the spring of 2003 and the applications for the grant and loan were submitted and approved. The combined monies available from these 2 sources was $650,000 plus $80,000 in donated materials and services. The total cost to community taxpayers for this portion of the project was $191,088 to be paid back over 5 years.

The improvements accomplished with these funds are discussed on the next two pages named April 2003 and June 2003.

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