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North Middlesex committee gets one-year pause from MSBA on Ashby Elementary decision after community protests
Summary
Public commenters at the April 10 North Middlesex Regional School Committee meeting urged the committee to keep Ashby Elementary open. Superintendent Brad Morgan said the Massachusetts School Building Authority authorized the district to wait one year before making any permanent closure decision.
The North Middlesex Regional School Committee on April 10 said the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) has authorized the district to wait one year before making any permanent decision about Ashby Elementary School, a change that came as several Ashby residents urged the committee to reverse or reconsider plans to take the building offline for FY 2026.
The pause was announced by Superintendent Brad Morgan during his report. Morgan said the district has been “advocating for a 1 year delay in making any permanent decisions” and credited Secretary and Acting Commissioner of Education Patrick Tutweiler for intervening with MSBA so North Middlesex could “wait 1 full year before making any final decisions around Ashby.”
Why it matters: Ashby residents said taking their town’s only elementary school offline has…
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