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April 24, 2009 Dear MMS Parents,
As of this morning (Friday, April 24th), the building has been inspected by the town’s health inspector, building inspector, and fire marshal. Each official has deemed the building to be safe and ready for students on Monday morning. Superintendent of Schools Fred Baruzzi and I participated in each walk-through. Final touches to get the building ready for students are being completed now by our maintenance and custodial staffs and by the construction workers from the heating project. We have tested the intercom, telephone and computer connections in every classroom, and everything still works. The appearance of the hallways will be the first thing that students notice when they return to school on Monday. All of the hallway ductwork, pipes, and wires that make a large building work have been exposed during this week’s work. The wires have been bundled, and the lights are secured. Remember that students spend most of their days in classrooms which still have their full ceilings. Of all of our classrooms, only the art room’s ceiling has been removed. We know that as middle school students monitor their day-to-day growth, they have a tendency to reach up and touch something. We will be emphasizing with students that they are to keep their hands down as they walk through the halls for the rest of the year. There is nothing overhead that students can touch unless they actively reach for it. Please join us in reminding your child to use self-control when walking through the hallways during this project. For the duration of this project, parking will be more limited than usual. If you have been to school recently, you’ll have noticed that we are parking on the grass in the front circle, and staff members are pulling into the grassy area along the side of the driveway leading to the faculty lot. Please be very careful as you drive into the front circle area before or after school. Children tend to be looking only for their family’s car, and they aren’t always as observant about the other traffic. Also, watch for vehicles backing up as you drive around the circle. And please never leave your car in the marked fire lane along the sidewalk in front of the library media center. We welcome you to come in and see our temporary new look in the hallways before or after the school day – as long as there is parking available. Staff members are not parking in the striped spaces on the front circle so those should be available to parents as you come into school during the day. As we go through these few months of inconvenience, please try to keep the advantages of the new heating system in mind – less expensive heat and quieter classroom ventilation. And, yes, there will be new ceilings in place to cover all of the wires and pipes. Now that the hallway ceilings are gone, here are the next two phases of the project:
Please contact me or Candace Morell (morellcv@mansfieldct.org ) if you have a question about any aspect of this project. Thanks for your patience and understanding while this work is done. We will continue to emphasize the need for a safe learning environment for students during every phase of this project. Sincerely, Jeff Cryan, Principal
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