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Winchester School Committee endorses capital projects, supports GIS study ahead of Fall Town Meeting
Summary
The Winchester School Committee voted unanimously Oct. 30 to recommend favorable action on multiple capital and planning articles for the Nov. 3 Fall Town Meeting, including a $2.2 million heating/chiller project at Lincoln Elementary and funding for solar engineering studies at school sites.
The Winchester School Committee voted unanimously Oct. 30 to recommend favorable action at the Nov. 3 Fall Town Meeting on a set of capital and planning articles, including an HVAC/chiller replacement at Lincoln Elementary, pedestrian and playground improvements, field fence repairs, and engineering studies for solar installations at several school sites.
Committee members described the slate as largely routine capital maintenance and planning work while highlighting a handful of items with programmatic or financial importance. “The chiller is beyond its 20‑year life,” a committee member said when discussing the Lincoln project, and the committee noted that replacing it with a heat pump uses a different refrigerant, reduces environmental impact and…
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