WESTFIELD -The School Building Committee voted Monday night to accept several resignations and added new members to the committee and its subcommittees.
Lori Hovey, presidents of the teachers’ union resigned her position on the committee and requested the committee to approve Andre Houle, also a union representative, to assume her duties, including membership on the Technology Needs Subcommittee.
Teacher Lucia Brown resigned and was replaced by teacher Carolyn Cleland on the committee who will also service on the Fixtures, Furniture & Equipment (FF&E) Subcommittee
Kevin Sullivan, vice chairman of both the School Committee and School Building Committee requested that the three new members of the School Committee be appointed to serve on the School Building Committee by virtue of their School Committee membership.
Sullivan said that it was the original intent that all seven members of the School Committee be appointed to the School Building Committee, but that the three former members, who did not seek reelection to the School Committee, declined the appointment.
Sullivan said the three new members, Ramon Diaz, Michael Tirrell and Diane Mayhew, all requested appointment to the Building Committee. Sullivan said the new members will have the opportunity to request assignment to the five subcommittees at their discretion.
The committee also voted to appoint Juniper Park Elementary School Principal Arlene Spiegel to the committee
“We feel that the principal of the elementary schools that will be effected by the project should have a voice in the process,” Sullivan said.
Spiegel joins Franklin Avenue Principal Leslie Clark Yvon, Abner Gibbs Principal Maggie Adams and Highland Avenue Principal Jim Kane on the committee.
The committee also voted to transfer teacher Kathy Knapik from the FF&E Subcommittee to the Construction Issues Subcommittee.
