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Select Board warns April 8 Australian‑ballot vote on Jamaica Village School closure and authorizes subcommittee to prepare information session
Summary
The board approved warning an April 8 Australian‑ballot vote on whether to close Jamaica Village School, added a buyback question to the ballot (whether to purchase the building for $1 if closure passes), and formed a subcommittee (Siobhan Abrams, Robert, Jason Cass and Chrissy Haskins) to prepare a March information session and materials on reuse options.
The Select Board voted Feb. 23 to warn a town ballot on April 8 asking residents whether to close Jamaica Village School and — as a conditional ballot question — whether the town would buy the school property for $1 if voters approve closure. "We would issue the warning, and it would have both the information session and, and the vote itself on April 8," the chair said when presenting the schedule.
The board discussed whether the buyback question should appear on a separate ballot or be phrased as an if‑then question; the chair said the town previously handled similar questions separately on the same day and favored efficiency over holding two separate town votes. The board unanimously approved forming a subcommittee to prepare an information session and outline high‑level reuse options; volunteers initially named in the meeting were Siobhan Abrams, Robert (last name not specified in the transcript), Jason Cass and Chrissy Haskins. The board later set the public information session for Tuesday, March 31 at 7:00 p.m. at the town office to avoid conflicting notices.
