When asked why the financial committee did not implement plans to renovate earlier, Mr. McCarthy responded, Money. The committee didn t know what was available and they may have had different priorities at the time. He added, Such a large project that affects an entire institution requires enough time for careful planning. Mr. Francis remarked that because the dining hall will be unable to operate once renovations are underway, timing played an important role in the decision to renovate during the summer months. The Choate summer school will be nourished by a temporary kitchen in Rutz-Rees dining hall.
Pitted floors requires extra scrubbing to avoid bacterial build ups.
If the renovations go well we ll have a more efficient kitchen that s up to code, easy to work with and user-friendly, said Mr. Francis. We ll all be operating in a more efficient, standardized kitchen and that s the bottom line. If we didn t do this now, we d be doing it later, except that things would be a lot crazier. As Mr. McCarthy noted, It is good to have that sort of cushion for when we deal with unknown areas. Problems may exist that may not be discovered until renovations begin.