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Residents, boosters and recreation group press Duxbury School Committee on field improvements as gifts clear consent agenda
Summary
A representative of the Duxbury Recreation Collaborative urged the School Committee to prioritize substantial upgrades to athletic and recreational fields; the committee discussed how gifts and in-kind donations are recorded and moved a consent agenda that included several donations and an overnight student trip for later formal vote.
A representative of the Duxbury Recreation Collaborative urged the Duxbury School Committee on Thursday to prioritize significant — not incremental — improvements to town recreational fields that serve students and other residents.
The request came during the public comment period and preceded committee discussion of multiple gifts and in-kind donations listed on the consent agenda. The committee then moved a consent agenda that included approval of meeting minutes, pay warrants, a Duxbury High School overnight trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos, a monetary gift to Duxbury Public Schools, an in-kind donation to Duxbury Soccer, and athletic transportation donations from the boosters.
The recreation group representative, speaking for a nonprofit that serves the town’s nine youth sports organizations, said the collaborative “directly engage[s] 1,400 homes, about 2,000 students” and maintains a database of adult voters with interest in youth…
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