POLAND — Adult Education Director Nancy Watson told the RSU 16 School Committee on Monday that it appears likely her program will be asked to vacate its current quarters in the Mechanic Falls Municipal Building’s third floor.

“The library trustees haven’t voted yet, but most likely they will vote to move into Adult Education’s space,” Watson said.

Watson explained she received word two weeks ago from Mechanic Falls Town Manager John Hawley informing her that such a move was likely.

“We’re being offered a 20-year lease on the old Head Start building for a dollar a month,” Watson said.

Such a move could benefit the adult ed program, especially, Watson pointed out, because the program has outgrown its space. The third floor has a little over 1,700 square feet, as compared with the former Head Start’s building’s 2,552 square feet.

Watson noted that student evaluations of the program have consistently raised the space issue. The Head Start building not only considerably larger, but it can be expanded.

“Sounds like a great solution,” committee member Dave Griffiths said.

Watson said she is also looking at a second option, which appears more expensive and involves a five-year lease.

Hawley, in his letter to Watson, explained that the reason the library trustees are being asked to move out of their current location is that the town’s insurance carrier is concerned with the condition of the old brick building. And, Hawley noted, the third floor of the Municipal Building appears to be the next best available location.

Watson said she expects the trustees will vote on whether to make the move later this week and that she will receive the notice to vacate shortly thereafter.

The move would take place during the summer, although any needed alterations to the Head Start building could begin anytime.

In other business, the committee voted to rotate its meetings to locations in all three towns.

Steve Holbrook brought the matter before the committee, suggesting that by holding meetings at the district’s various schools in Mechanic Falls, Minot and Poland, committee members might get a better feel for the facilities and it might encourage more of the public to show up at meetings.

Griffiths noted that the district had been holding all its meetings at the Poland Regional High School mainly because the meetings can be televised.

School Committee member Missy Hodgkin noted that Time Warner cable customers are the only ones who can view the meetings and that Time Warner isn’t available at all in Mechanic Falls and parts of Minot and Poland.

Others questioned how many people actually viewed the meetings and agreed to begin moving meetings town to town, beginning in February. The vote did stipulate that all public hearings associated with the school budget would be held at the Poland school, because last year’s budget hearings drew large crowds that could best be accommodated in the Poland auditorium.

In his report, Superintendent Dennis Duquette noted that the committee’s budget subcommittee has begun preliminary work on next year’s budget and that it appears the district is looking at a reduction in revenues of about $1 million.