The Burke school board have several pressing projects around the bend including changing the light fixtures at the school to new led lights, fixing the water system, and on top of these finding a new principal.
The board met on April 11th for over two hours to discuss many different projects. The water system loan was voted through on town meeting day but that doesn't mean the project itself is far from being completed. So far the preliminary design for the new water system has been drawn up but they have yet to begin the work on the project. They are still waiting on the states data of water usage so they can see how big of a tank will be needed in order to filter properly.At town meeting day one of the biggest issues was the use of chlorine to filter the water so the board has been looking into alternatives including using ultra violet lights to sterilize the water but it is unclear if the school will meet the requirements for the use of u.v. lights and if they don't they will have no choice but to use the chlorine system. But a rather inexpensive fix to the problem of drinking chlorinated water would be to fix the drinking fountains with filters to make them designated clean water sources. The filters would only cost around $65 a piece.
Another project that was presented at the meeting was the Burke Town School lighting project. This project will put modern led lights in the interiors of all the buildings and will utilize motion detectors in order to save more money. In order to pay for the system the school is looking into they will lease the lights out for four years; after which they will own them.
Also at the meeting the board approved the resignation of Principal Janet E. Cerro. Cerro has been the principal at the Burke Town School for the past three and a half years. Cerro read part of her resignation and the board then thanked her for time at the school. She will be moving to a new school that is much closer to her home. The board has already begun the search for a new principal.
