Fort River PGO Information

Sunday, October 22, 2017

Update from the Amherst School Committee Chair and Vice-Chair

The Amherst School Committee is pleased to announce the membership of the School Building Committee for the Fort River Building and Site Feasibility Study. At our Tuesday, October 17th meeting, we randomly selected four at-large community members to serve on this 12-member committee. We would sincerely like to thank all those who submitted applications, and to those community members, educators, administrators, and town employees who will be offering their time and service to do the important work of this committee going forward.

The selection process went as follows:
  • All completed applications were numbered and names were removed.
  • These numbered applications were shared with all School Committee members via email.
  • The Chair and Vice-Chair reviewed the numbered applications and sorted them according to the positions for which they applied, which included:
    • Community Member with Green Energy Expertise and Architectural Background-At-Large Parent/Guardian/Caregiver
    • At-Large Community Member #1
    • At-Large Community Member #2

The Chair and Vice-Chair shared all complete applications and the categories with the Committee; final selections were made randomly during the public Committee meeting on Tuesday. The Committee publicly committed to having a minimum of 50% of the voting membership of the School Building Committee be composed of women and persons of color. Applications were considered accordingly based on the optional self-identification of applicants.

The final School Building Committee is as follows:

- Eric Nakajima, Amherst School Committee Representative
- Diane Chamberlain, Fort River Principal
- TBD, Green Design/Architectural Representative
- Heather Sheldon, SEPAC Representative
- Jonathan Salvon, Fort River PGO Representative
- Irene Dujovne, Parent-at-Large
- Allison Page, Community Member-at-Large
- Maria Kopicki, Community Member-at-Large
- Claire McGinnis, Town Finance Representative
- Jean Fay, ARPS Staff Member
- Nicole Singer, Fort River Teacher
- TBD, Facilities Director
- Dr. Michael Morris, Superintendent (ex-officio member)

We appreciate the range of experience and expertise represented in this group and look forward to working together on behalf of our schools.

Questions or comments for the School Committee can be emailed to: schoolcommittee@arps.org. Visit www.arps.org for posted meetings, agendas, and meeting minutes.

Phoebe Hazzard, Chair Anastasia Ordonez, Vice-Chair