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Newswire Week 13 (12/23-12/29) |
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Milford rejected for aid Worcester Telegram & Gazette - December 24, 2002 Tuesday |
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The School Building Committee wants to meet with a state
administrator who has rejected Milford's latest application for aid for
school renovation and construction. The committee last night discussed a letter from Christine
M. Lynch, an administrator with the State School Building Assistance Program,
who said that the town needed to provide a long-range plan detailing the
grade structure, enrollment and educational program for kindergarten through
eighth grade. On Dec. 2, town meeting voters rejected a state-approved
building plan for the Middle School East. The town was expecting the state to
reimburse 70 percent of the cost of that plan. The town needs to submit an
acceptable plan by June 1 to qualify for this round of state aid and the
School Building Committee fashioned a new plan that would add 12 classes to
Brookside Elementary School as well as spend $5 million to fix up Milford High
School and East, $3 million to renovate Woodland and $1.5 million to add five
classes to Memorial Elementary School. |
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School panel in Milford hopes to persuade state Worcester Telegram & Gazette - December 27, 2002
Friday |
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The School Building Committee hopes to convince the state
Department of Education to take another -- and more favorable -- look at the
new school addition and renovation plan. Monday, DOE School Building
Assistance Program Administrator Christine M. Lynch told the SBC in a letter
that the new plan specifically lacked a comprehensive, long-range plan for
the Brookside Elementary School portion of the project. The SBA action could be a major blow to the new
construction package, and to the expected 70 percent reimbursement for the
project. However, school officials are going to try to persuade the state to
change its mind. Chairman of the School Committee John V. Fernandes said
Ms. Lynch must be convinced that the addition of classrooms at Brookside fits
into the initial long-range educational plan for the school project.
Selectman and SBC member John Seaver said the state has approved four out of
the five components of the new plan. The SBC will meet Jan. 8 and is
hoping to get Ms. Lynch to come to Milford before that meeting to approve the
new plan. |
Articles compiled by Sujin
Bae
Graduate assistant for the School
Construction Funding Project
Van
Munching Hall University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-1821