Approved July 16, 2025
MPS BUILDING COMMITTEE MEETING
Joseph H. Gaudet Middle School
1113 Aquidneck Ave, Middletown, RI 02842
June 9, 2025, 10:00am
Members in Attendance:
| Present | Voting Member | Name | Title |
| X | Yes | Edward Brady | Chair, Community Member |
| X | Yes | William Nash | Vice Chair, School Committee Clerk |
| X | Yes | William Niemeyer | Superintendent of Schools |
| X | Yes | Tami Holden | School Committee Member |
| X | Yes | Ed Collins | Middletown Shared Facilities Director |
| X | Yes | Thomas P. Welch, III | Town Council Vice President |
| X | Yes | Peter Connerton | Town Council Member |
| X | Yes | Donna Sweet | Middletown High School Principal |
| X | Yes | Michelle Fonseca | Asst Superintendent for Teaching and Learning |
| X | Yes | Shawn Brown | Town Administrator, Local Budget Official |
| X | Yes | Don Morin | Secretary, Community Member |
| X | Yes | Marc Thayer | Community Member |
| N | Yes | vacant | Community Member |
| P | Alternate | Gregory Huet | Alternate Member of School Committee |
| P | Alternate | Christopher Logan | Alternate Town Council Member |
| P | Alternate | Jerry Haas | Gaudet Middle School Principal |
| P | Alternate | Marc Tanguay | Town Finance Director, Alt. Local Budget Official |
X = Present/Voting; R=Represented; P=Present/Non-voting; N=Not Present
• The meeting was called to order at 10:05 am by Chair Ed Brady. Twelve (12) of thirteen (13) voting members were present or represented by an alternate.
• Also present: Matt LaRue, Tina Stanislaski, Justin Viglianti, Soha Mohammed-Eltaher, Alexandra Christiana, and Connor Heinzman, HMFH Architects; Ed Cifune and Emma Osborne, DBVW Architects; Justin Bernard and Colin McCarthy, OPM, Colliers Project Leaders; and Tony Murgida and many others from Gilbane Building Company.
• Superintendent Niemeyer served as the master of ceremonies and many dignitaries and students from the Middletown School District performed and spoke.
• Chair Ed Brady introduced himself and the School Building Committee members. He made the following statement, “We would like to thank the people of Middletown and fellow Rhode Islanders for their investment for the Children of Middletown and its Military Families. This committee has and will continue to dedicate countless hours in the Planning, Design, Building and closeout of this new school.”
• Chair Brady continued, “We formed a project team to accomplish this: Colliers Project Leaders of Providence, Owners Project managers Civic Group of Providence our Educational Planners. HMFH Architects of Cambridge Massachusetts partner with DBVW Architects of Providence along with the team of Engineering Consultants, Gilbane Building Company of Providence, our Construction Manager. You have seen the display boards giving you a glimpse of our new school. So now look out on the grass field, fenced and equipment on site waiting for us to break new ground so let’s get digging!”
• The Middletown School Building Committee adjourned their meeting at 10:52am.
NOTE: For a detailed description of the entire meeting proceedings, please refer to the minutes of the June 9, 2025 Middletown Town Council meeting.
Respectfully Submitted,
Don Morin