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Residents urge preservation as board moves ahead with Melrose school work
Summary
A Melrose resident told the Putnam school board she was blindsided by plans to demolish an ~80-year-old school building and asked the district to explore alternatives, while staff said safety and DOE criteria made the building unsalvageable but that the gym and some wings will remain.
Sherry Sims, a Melrose resident, told the Putnam County School Board she was surprised and upset to learn that the district plans to remove an approximately 80-year-old school building at the corner of State Road 26 and 21. “You’re about to destroy, one of our historical buildings,” Sims said during public comment, and urged the district to consider restoring or repurposing the structure through a nonprofit or local historical society.
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