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Ponca Regional High School courtyard memorial project not eligible for CPA funds, committee told

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Student and teacher applicants sought CPA help to restore a school courtyard memorial; staff reported Coalition guidance that the project does not meet CPA recreation or historic eligibility because the courtyard is school property and not a dedicated public recreational land or a registered historic resource.

Students and teachers from Ponca Regional High School presented a proposal on Oct. 16 to repair and re-present memorial markers in the school's courtyard, but the Community Preservation Committee was told coalition guidance deems the project ineligible for CPA funding.

Joe Solomon, a history teacher and student-council adviser, and student community ambassador Cameron Poirier described efforts by student volunteers to clear overgrowth around memorial markers and said they hoped to add stone picnic tables and make the courtyard a more usable educational…

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