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Haverhill opens six-classroom modular building at JG Whittier, officials say
Summary
School leaders described a new six-classroom building at JG Whittier that officials said is a permanent, inspected structure with security features and that has eased overcrowding and freed up the library and specialist classroom space.
Principal Higginbotham told the Haverhill School Committee that JG Whittier has opened a six-classroom modular building and that the structure is a fully inspected building, not temporary trailers. “It is a building. There was, for quite a while, a misconception that these are trailers, but it's not,” Principal Higginbotham said.
The new facility, officials said, contains six identical classrooms, boys’ and girls’ bathrooms, a staff restroom and custodial closet, two means of egress and accessibility features including an aluminum stair and a ramp. Inside the classrooms, teachers have whiteboards and smart boards and flexible seating arrangements; students carry a visible…
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