In a 3-2 vote, the Windham School Board adopted an athletic master plan for the site of its future high school.

Al Letizio Jr., the board’s chairman, along with Bruce Anderson and Beth Valentine voted to adopt the conceptual plan, which includes athletic facilities for the high school and a future middle school at the site.

“I look at the master plan as something we adopt but knowing that over time future school boards will have to revisit it, revise it, because things do change,” Valentine said.

The adoption of the plan is contingent upon the school district securing town approval to use a portion of the Gage Land, townowned recreation and conservation property, on which to place some of the athletic facilities.

And fields on a 32-acre parcel at the site must be positioned to maximize the land’s future use. Beverly Donovan and Barbara Coish voted against adopting the plan.

“What really worries me is that we’ve really sped through this the past couple of meetings,” she said. “We’ve had a lot of things thrown at us. We haven’t really deliberated much at all ... I still do have a lot of questions.” Letizio and Valentine argued that the matter had not been rushed.

Earlier in the meeting, Donovan said that using some of the Gage Land, through a land swap, had become a hot topic in town. But Valentine disputed that. “I have to say 100 percent of the people I hear from have told me: it’s our land. Let us have the opportunity to weigh in on it,” Valentine said. “Some people might support it, some might not.”

Some of the discussion focused on where the best place would be to build a proposed football stadium.

Valentine said she doesn’t support placing it on the 32-acre section because hundreds of spectators will park along a street, creating a dangerous situation.

“I’ve heard about issues with safety. I’ve heard about issues with security and maintenance that tells me this is the right spot for this,” Letizio said of putting the stadium on the Gage Land.

The school district, he said, is capable of delivering a two-forone swap for a portion of the recreation and conservation land.