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School committee hears capital updates: McCall roof, gym project overrun and $24.1M free‑cash note
Summary
District staff briefed the committee on capital articles headed to Fall Town Meeting, including a stand‑alone McCall roof request (phase 1, ~ $2.96M reported), gym reflooring and equipment contingencies (overrun estimated $530k–$670k), high‑school concrete remediation plans, and a select‑board decision to allocate roughly $2M of free cash toward town capital projects after DOR certification.
At the Sept. 12 meeting the Winchester School Committee received an update on capital articles and town finance that district staff described as newly available information ahead of Fall Town Meeting. Committee members were told the select board has certified free cash (reported at "just over $24,100,000") and authorized about $2,000,000 of that free cash toward three town capital projects; school projects appear among the capital omnibus article.
Officials described three school projects within the…
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