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Marcy Rothenberg says safety and Orchard Hills impact are top priorities in Ward 1 School Committee race
Summary
At a candidate forum, Marcy Rothenberg, running for Ward 1 School Committee, emphasized student safety, addressing capacity constraints and the effects of the Orchard Hills development, and pledged to defend the school budget before the city council.
Marcy Rothenberg, a candidate for Ward 1 of the Leominster School Committee, told a candidate forum she would prioritize student safety and the local effects of the Orchard Hills development if elected.
Rothenberg said those are the top concerns she heard while canvassing in Ward 1 and described schools in the ward as already at capacity, with staff stretched thin. “I’ve got over 35 years of experience,” Rothenberg said, citing a long career in education and saying she would use that background to “be a louder voice for Ward 1.”
Rothenberg told moderator Michael Della Monica that capacity and traffic during school hours form two parts of the safety problem she would press…
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