School committee approves grant-funded Forest Park site design study
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Summary
Committee approved contracting Traverse Landscape Architects to produce site work and grant-planning designs for the walking bridge and outdoor learning area at Forest Park Elementary; contract study to be paid from grant funds.
The School Committee approved a grant-funded contract with Traverse Landscape Architects on Jan. 21 to provide professional design services for site work behind Forest Park Elementary, including planning around a walking bridge and wetlands area, officials said.
Superintendent Ken Dube described the work as necessary to develop the outdoor learning area and said the study is entirely funded by a grant and support from a Forest Park parent who helped secure the grant. The committee moved, seconded and approved the contract by voice vote; the transcript does not identify the motion maker by name. The administration said the work will focus on school-owned property; a second, adjacent bridge on non-school property will not be part of the study.
The study is intended to produce site plans that would allow the district to pursue improvements to make the walking-bridge area usable for outdoor learning and to address wetlands constraints.
