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Holyoke committee reviews facilities inventory, approves schematic design funds and asks schools to study headquarters options
Summary
The committee reviewed a facilities inventory showing several urgent or poor building needs, approved schematic design funding, and asked the school department to study options for consolidating central office — including Dean campus — to reduce long‑term rent costs.
The joint committee reviewed a district facilities inventory that rates school buildings across multiple systems and identifies urgent and poor‑condition items, and it approved schematic design funding for initial planning.
School Finance Director Sean Mangano (reporting to the committee) and Superintendent Anthony Soto discussed a heat‑map inventory comparing 2019 conditions to current status. Soto said recent investments and city support have changed many previously poor ratings to good, that some buildings still show urgent needs (for example, windows and roof work at Central Supply and a…
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