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Hundreds of residents urge Ann Arbor school board to pause Thurston rebuild over Nature Center concerns
Summary
Dozens of residents, parents and teachers told the Ann Arbor Board of Education during a lengthy public‑comment period that the planned New Thurston Elementary would damage the Thurston Nature Center, risk flooding and harm student safety; others urged the board not to delay the rebuild. Speakers also raised teacher‑pay and equity concerns.
Hundreds of community members turned out at the Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education meeting to press trustees to pause plans to build a new Thurston Elementary adjacent to the Thurston Nature Center.
Speakers across multiple public‑comment slots described the Nature Center as an educational and ecological resource and said the current site plan—placing the new school next to a pond and wetlands—risks flooding, reduces play space and will irreparably harm habitat. Maria Pinson, representing early commenters to the board, said the district repeatedly closed schools for minimal snow…
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