Devo renovation community meeting for 2013-10-08

• project ends in 2018
• schools don't have space, working on transition plan (plan will be ready by end of December 2013)
• November 20: school building authority needs to approve the number (5 section per grade level) of 1000 students
• board will be formed including parents
• then feasiblity study (June 2014), then schematic design
• build in place (no space to move kids), kids will move in January and October 2018
• construction starts December 2015
• high school finished by 2021 (long term plan from school committee)
• HMFH Architects ( http://www.hmfh.com ) has been selected
• favoring designs that preserve the historic part of Devotion
• obligation to revise operating budget to account for more staff
• trend of pre-K moving out of Brookline schools
• mention of "Understanding Brookline" report: http://brooklinecommunity.org/understanding-brookline
• Driscoll project going on as well, smaller, also finishes in 2018
• 469 8th graders vs 630 kindergarteners
• override study website
• renovation page on devotion website
• Devotion Building Committee: Pam Roberts, Abby Cox
• could be a town vote (on some issues) as early as May 2014
• maybe 18% of Brookline households have kids in the schools