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Thurston parents urge pause and staging to protect Nature Center; some parents press to 'build now'
Summary
At a Feb. 26 Ann Arbor Public Schools study session, more than 50 residents and a community group pressed the board to pause the planned on-site build of New Thurston Elementary and investigate staging options to protect the adjacent Thurston Nature Center and students with IEPs. Other speakers urged moving forward to avoid long delays.
Hundreds of residents and a group of Thurston parents and teachers filled the public‑comment portion of an Ann Arbor Public Schools study session on Feb. 26 to press competing views about the district's plan to build a new Thurston Elementary School.
"Trust your experts," said Taylor Morgan, a Thurston parent who opened the public comment period and urged the board to proceed immediately with the on‑site build, saying the existing school has suffered from deferred capital maintenance. Other speakers backed that view, warning that lengthy delays, staging the school elsewhere, or splitting the school community would force families to leave the district or otherwise disrupt children's education.
A larger set of residents — organized as the Lehi Thurston Play group —…
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