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Pershing neighbors tell Springfield R‑XII board they were blindsided by new school site, urge transparency
Summary
Multiple Pershing-area residents told the Springfield R‑XII board they feel misled about plans to tear down and relocate Pershing school under Proposition S, raising privacy, safety, property‑value, and legal concerns and urging the board to release site plans and cost comparisons for alternative layouts.
Pershing neighbors used the board’s public comment period to press Springfield R‑XII leaders for clearer plans and more transparency after district designs showed a new, largely two‑story school placed nearer to private yards than the renovation many voters expected. Residents said they were told in earlier meetings the project would be a renovation; they now see a taller building with extensive windows and a relocated bus lane and track.
"We were patient, and we trusted," said Sharon Benton, a Pershing resident, who told the board repeated requests for site plans and view/sightline information were ignored. Benton criticized a design she said would allow "vision glass peering into our…
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