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Dorchester 2 outlines Plan B as Yerby tract buildout, wetlands and road costs delay elementary
Summary
Superintendent Brian Dougherty told the board the Yerby tract site included in the referendum is encumbered by wetlands and access-cost issues that would likely delay a new elementary until about 2031, prompting staff to propose adding classrooms to nearby schools as a Plan B.
Superintendent Brian Dougherty told the board the Yerby tract originally included in the district's referendum faces substantial obstacles that would delay an elementary school well beyond the district's near-term needs. He said the planned site is a wetland that would require construction of an access road likely to cost "probably over a million dollars," and that, based on the developer's timeline, homebuilding would not begin in earnest until 2028 and a school would not be ready until about 2031.
The district presented a Plan B that would reallocate the…
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