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High school vision committee urges second‑phase feasibility study; board schedules April decision
Summary
After a year of review, the East Lyme High School Vision Committee told the Board March 9 that the high school is aging and has high‑priority infrastructure needs; the committee recommended funding a phase‑2 feasibility study to develop renovation and replacement options and rough cost estimates.
Mark Salerno, chair of the High School Vision Committee, told the Board of Education on March 9 that much of East Lyme High School dates to the late 1960s and early 1970s and that the committee’s phase‑1 work with consultant Silver & Petrucelli confirmed multiple urgent building deficiencies. "My name is Mark Salerno. For those who don't know me, I'm chairing the ... high school vision committee," he said, and summarized the committee’s review of heating, plumbing, electrical, ADA and roofing problems.
The presentation said the building’s oldest wings are approaching 60 years and that, even if the district does not pursue major modernization, keeping systems…
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