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Valley Central board moves forward with plan for new Walden Elementary sized for 540 students
Summary
The Valley Central School District board voted unanimously to advance a plan for a new Walden Elementary School sized for 540 students and to seek State Education Department approval; board discussion focused on cost, projected building aid, busing and enrollment justification.
The Valley Central School District Board of Education voted 6-0 to advance plans for a new Walden Elementary School sized for 540 students and to seek approval from the State Education Department, board members said at their meeting.
Board members said the district’s architect presented several options — building a new Walden school for either 430 or 540 students, reorganizing elementary grades into K–3 schools with a separate 4–6 intermediate school, or adding an annex at existing buildings. The board discussed cost estimates, anticipated building aid and the operational impacts of each configuration before voting to move the 540‑student new‑construction proposal forward.
The vote follows a lengthy presentation from the district architect that compared five development scenarios. The…
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