WESTFIELD – At last night’s meeting of the Westfield School Committee, Superintendent Dr. Suzanne Scallion announced that there will be a special meeting next Monday evening at 7 p.m. to view a draft report from the architectural firm in charge of the relocation of Juniper Park Elementary School.
“We don’t have a lot of information at this time but we do want folks to know that we are in process,” she said.
Westfield Mayor and School Committee Chairman Daniel M. Knapik added that the meeting would be doing double duty, as it would also serve as an opportunity for the committee to elect members to a separate ad-hoc committee for the project.
“When the full portfolio of options is presented by the administration, that group will then be charged with the task of carrying it through to subcommittee,” said Knapik. “They will then present to the committee at large their recommendation for action.”
Knapik and Scallion agreed that this portion of the planning process will be complete within the next 40 days.
“This will be a very quick meeting. We are not going to be rolling out any formal options at this time,” said Scallion. “We’re just taking a look at some preliminary data. The big stuff will be happening in October.”
School Committee Vice Chair Cindy Sullivan clarified that the “big stuff” referred to by Scallion will be unveiled at the committee’s second meeting next month, which will be held on October 20.
