Model School Task Force

The Model School Task Force was created to provide recommendations for supplementing and improving the Model School Program. This Task Force will focus on recommendations that incorporate the established goals of the program, which are to:

Maximize value of existing, proven school design and best practices;
Avoid perpetuating fads in education and design by selecting enduring, educationally-sound designs;
Allow for compressed project schedule and accelerated construction start, thus reducing uncertainty of inflation in construction and project costs;
Simplify the design process and reduce design fees;
Enhance predictability of project cost and performance resulting in improved quality control and reduced change orders; and
Provide opportunity for districts to experience the model before selecting a design.

Meetings

The next meeting of the Model School Task Force will take place on:

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
MSBA Board Room, 40 Broad Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA

Please check back for information about upcoming meetings.

Task Force Members

Richard Bertman, FAIA, Chairman
Mr. Bertman has been a member of the MSBA Board of Directors since 2005. He is a founding Principal of CBT/Childs Bertman Tseckares, Inc. and a past president of the Boston Society of Architects.

Karl Brown, AIA
Mr. Brown is a Senior Architect for the MSBA. He has been a member of the MSBA Designer Selection Panel since 2010.

Donna DiNisco-Crawford
Ms. DiNisco-Crawford is a Principal and the Vice President of DiNisco Design Partnership, Limited. She is also a member of the BSA Educational Facilities Committee.

L. Scott Dunlap, AIA
Mr. Dunlap is the Owner and Managing Principal of Ai3 Architects LLC.

Grant O. Epler, R.A. Emeritus
Mr. Epler has been a consulting architect for the MSBA since 2008. He is also an advisor on the MSBA Owner’s Project Manager Review Panel.

Bernard Feldstein, AIA Emeritus
Mr. Feldstein has been the Chairman of the MSBA Designer Selection Panel since its formation in 2007. He is also Chairman of DCAM’s 11 member Designer Selection Board.

Lorraine B. Finnegan
Ms. Finnegan is a Senior Associate at Symmes Maini & McKee Associates, Inc. She is also a member of the BSA Educational Facilities Committee.

David R. Finney, AIA
Mr. Finney is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Design Partnership of Cambridge, Inc. He is also the Co-Chair of the BSA Educational Facilities Committee.

Carl Franceschi. AIA
Mr. Franceschi is the President of Drummey Rosane Anderson, Inc. He is also a member of the BSA Educational Facilities Committee.

Terry Kwan
Ms. Kwan has been a member of the MSBA Board of Directors since 2005. She is a former Brookline school administrator and Brookline School Committee member.

Frank Locker
Mr. Locker is an educational programmer. He is a currently a consultant on many school projects within the Commonwealth.

Holly McClanan
Ms. McClanan is an Associate General Counsel for the MSBA. She has been as a member of the MSBA Designer Selection Panel since 2011.

John F. Miller, FAIA
Mr. Miller is a Founding Principal and Director of HMFH Architects, Inc. He is also the Co-Chair of the BSA Educational Facilities Committee.

John Nunnari, Associate AIA
Mr. Nunnari is the Executive Director of the MA Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Frank Tedesco, AIA
Mr. Tedesco is the President of Mount Vernon Group Architects, Inc.

Laura Wernick, AIA
Ms. Wernick is a Senior Principal and Treasurer for HMFH Architects, Inc. She is also the Board President of the Child Care Resources Center, the Vice President/President-Elect on the Board of Directors for the Boston Society of Architects/AIA, and a member of the BSA Educational Facilities Committee.

Kenneth Wexler
Mr. Wexler has been a member of the MSBA Designer Selection Panel as a designee of the Associated General Contractors of MA since its formation in 2007. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Elaine Construction Company, Inc.