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Falmouth Select Board authorizes MSBA statement of interest signaling intent to close Morse Pond School after Lawrence renovation
Summary
At its April 6 meeting the Select Board approved a Statement of Interest to the MSBA indicating the town's intent to close Morse Pond School once the renovated Lawrence School is complete; the move follows an October school committee vote and is an early procedural step, not a final closure order.
The Town of Falmouth Select Board on April 6 authorized a Statement of Interest (SOI) to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) that documents the town's intention to close Morse Pond School once the renovated Lawrence School is finished.
Paul, speaking for town staff, said the SOI "outlines the future potential decisions on Morse Pond School in relation to the renovation of the Lawrence School," and that the town is "just notifying the state that that's our intention at this point." The transcript indicates the school committee voted in October to close Morse Pond School contingent on the Lawrence School project.
The SOI authorizes the town manager and the select board chair to sign and submit the application to the MSBA. The board considered the item as part of its consent agenda, a motion was made and seconded, and the board approved the authorization by voice vote; the meeting record notes affirmative "Aye" responses but does not provide a roll-call tally.
The MSBA application is an early step in the state's school construction and renovation process and does not itself implement a building closure. Town staff and board members said the SOI is intended to document the town's present planning position to the state and to preserve eligibility in the MSBA process.
Next steps indicated in the meeting record are procedural: the SOI will be signed by the town manager and select board chair and submitted to the MSBA, and any future decisions about student assignments, closure timeline, or facilities disposition would follow further school committee and town-level actions.
