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Building committee selects new‑construction option for Salem High School; timeline and cost remain central concerns
Summary
The school building committee voted to pursue a new‑construction option for Salem High School with an approximate 30‑month timeline. Committee members highlighted improved athletics, music and CTE spaces, raised capacity questions and warned a debt‑exclusion vote may be required.
Salem — Members of the Salem School Committee received an update May 19 on the high school building process after the building committee unanimously approved a new‑construction option intended to minimize disruption and shorten the construction timeline.
Member Cornell, who reported to the committee, said the chosen option restricts the timeline to about 30 months and places the new building closer to Highland Avenue so construction can proceed while students occupy the existing high school. Cornell said the plan moves some campus buildings — including an…
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