xplains" width=404 height=339 align=right vspace=10 hspace=10>One of the committee's alternatives was to use space at the Barlow/Scotland school site for either a 500 or 1,000 pupil school. Variants were to recapture the Barlow school building itself and refit it as a school, or to build a brand new facility on the site, leaving the curent Barlow building as a combined Rec. Center and day care center. Here P&Z Chairman Nelson Gelfman (left) explains to architect Herman Barrios why erecting an entirely new building on this site would be extremely problematic.

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School Advisory Committee Presents Final Report
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Ridgefield News
February 10, 1999

School Advisory Committee Presents Final Report

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School Oversight Advisory Committee Unanimously Endorses Report; Presents It To Selectmen

John Fogarty reviews reportFeb. 10 -- The School Advisory Committee tonight presented its final report to the Board of Selectmen. The 41-member group unanimously recommended that the Town select from a list of 7 options for building additional classroom space to solve the current school overcrowding problem. [Photo: School Advisory Committeee panel presents their report to the Board of Selectmen. From right: Communications subcommittee members Jane Berendsen, spokesman John Fogarty, Chris Fallon, and Nancy Fogarty]
The final recommendations are:

The Selectmen thanked the committee for their work. They also accepted their recommendation to have their report-writing subcommittee stay in existence to provide ongoing citizen input and communication as the school building process continues.

School Advisory CommitteeJust last night, the committee held its final meeting to endorse the report. Over the course of several weeks, the 40-member committee reviewed every possible way to find square footage for classrooms to alleviate the overcrowding that has been dogging Ridgefield elementary and middle schools for the last two years.


Advisory CommitteeAt the wrapup meeting of the Advisory Committee: from right - Selectman Barbara Manners, First Selectman Abe Morelli, Superintendent Ralph Wallace, Town Counsel Alan Kerr, and other committee members.