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Parents, students press Portsmouth council to keep New Franklin School renovation in CIP
Summary
Dozens of parents, staff and students urged the Portsmouth City Council on Nov. 17 to preserve funding in the capital improvement plan for an expansion and renovation of New Franklin School, citing cramped classrooms, safety hazards and inequities with other elementary schools. Council extended the CIP public hearing to Dec. 8.
Dozens of parents, staff and students urged the Portsmouth City Council on Nov. 17 to keep a proposed renovation of New Franklin School in the capital improvement plan, describing outdated and unsafe facilities that they say harm learning.
"My school needs a lot of help," fourth-grader Wyatt James told the council in a prepared statement. "For example, it needs a new gym. The tiles are cracking. Sometimes when I'm playing, I trip." Wyatt, who identified himself as living at 1600 Islington Street, also described a library that…
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