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Holyoke committee backs using Metcalfe for alternative programs, asks DPW about crosswalks
Summary
The joint City Council–School Committee subcommittee accepted a working-group recommendation to explore using Metcalfe School for alternative and transitional education programs and asked city staff to report back on crosswalk safety near the school.
The joint committee of the Holyoke City Council and School Committee on an item introduced by Councilors Bartley, Jourdain and Graney accepted a working-group recommendation to pursue use of Metcalfe School for alternative educational programs and related headquarters/space planning.
The recommendation came after a report from a Metcalfe working group presented by School Superintendent Anthony Soto, who said the group evaluated roughly 14 options and recommended using Metcalfe for Opportunity Academy–style programs to replace leased space the district now pays $50,000 a year to rent.
The working-group report recommends moving the district’s age‑over, under‑credited Opportunity Academy into Metcalfe and creating a smaller, new alternative program for ninth and tenth graders (with later expansion to middle grades). “This is a really good pathway for them to, you know, step away from the traditional high school setting and do the work…
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