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Middlesex Borough School Board approves routine actions amid parent concerns about renovations, safety and staffing
Summary
The Middlesex Borough School District board approved minutes, personnel, education, policy and facilities/finance items. During two public-comment periods residents raised questions about interior renovations versus trailers, a roof section replacement, volunteer screening, a reported safety incident and the need for campus security officers and counseling support.
The Middlesex Borough School District Board of Education on Tuesday approved a slate of routine agenda items — including minutes, personnel actions, education items, policy updates and facilities and finance measures — while hearing extended public comment about school renovations, safety and staffing.
Residents at two public-comment periods pressed the board on several topics. Laura Thomas asked whether the district’s planned work is interior renovation rather than placing a temporary trailer and requested enrollment counts across Parker, Wacham and Hazelwood elementary schools to evaluate balance. "So they need more rooms," she said while asking whether grades or assignments could be redistributed to avoid added construction costs.
A school representative said engineers’ site studies found placing a trailer in the back field would be more expensive and that the architect proposed interior modifications as a less costly option. On repairing a front section of roof, a district official explained that replacing the soffit and the leaking roof section together was recommended by the…
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