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Nantucket Lighthouse School seeks clarity on deed restriction, maintenance and accessibility for grant-funded rain garden
Summary
At a May 20 Community Preservation Committee meeting, Emily Miller, head of the Nantucket Lighthouse School, asked staff to clarify how a grant-funded rain garden at the school’s Rugged Road site would be encumbered, who would maintain it and what accessibility requirements apply.
Emily Miller, head of school at the Nantucket Lighthouse School, asked the Community Preservation Committee on May 20, 2025, to clarify how a grant-funded rain garden at the school’s Rugged Road property would be restricted, maintained and made accessible to the public.
Miller told the committee she and the Lighthouse School board wanted to understand whether any deed restriction associated with the grant would apply to “the entire 2-acre property at Rugged Road” or only to the rain garden itself, and what would happen if the school later sold or moved from the site. “We’re very grateful for the support for the grant and very excited about the opportunity, not just to remediate the flooding, but also to install the rain garden, which will have public access,” Miller said.
A committee member replied that, based on…
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