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Hundreds of residents urge Manchester Board of Mayor & Aldermen to reverse pause on Beach Street School project
Summary
Dozens of residents, school leaders and students told the Board of Mayor & Aldermen that delaying the Beach Street School Phase 1 rebuild will prolong students' time in modular classrooms and add roughly $250,000 in monthly costs; supporters said phase 1 is funded and urged the board to approve a deed swap needed to move construction forward.
Dozens of Manchester residents, educators and student representatives urged the Board of Mayor & Aldermen on Monday to rescind a recent decision that paused the Beach Street School Phase 1 rebuilding plan.
At the meeting's public-comment period, speakers representing neighborhood groups, the Manchester Education Association, the school board and business organizations described students operating in temporary modular classrooms, cited deferred maintenance and pressed the board to back a deed revision and parcel-swap with Amiskay Industries required for the new school site.
"Phase 1 is fully funded," school board representative Jessica Spillers said, adding the district had set…
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