The commission is requesting that the Needham School Committee remove Cricket Field as a possible future site for Hillside or Mitchell elementary schools.
The Needham Park and Recreation Commission voted this week to take Cricket Field off the table as an option for a future school site. Though the issue only recently came to light for neighbors, who flooded a School Committee meeting on June 5 to show their concern, the commission has been aware of the proposal since Park and Recreation Director Patty Carey saw the field mentioned in a report to the Permanent Public Building Committee in March and has been following the process closely since then, member Tom Jacob said. The commission submitted a letter to the School Committee earlier this month outlining some of their concerns. “It’s actually been on our agenda every meeting since we found out about it,” Jacob said of the issue. Though it …
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Cricket Field
Hillside Ave & Sunnyside Rd, Needham, MA
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Weigh in on the four options presented at a School Committee meeting on March 7
At a meeting Wednesday night, the Needham Public Schools School Committee heard about four possible options for how to proceed with renovating/rebuilding Hillside and Mitchell elementary schools. The pre-feasibility study conducted by Dore & Whittier is just the first step toward developing a plan for the two buildings and will help guide the school district's statement of intent that will be submitted to the Massachusetts School Building Authority for consideration. The four options are based in part on a visioning workshop held recently involving school staff, parents and town representatives. Click here to read full summaries of each option. Though it's still early in the process, which of the four options do you think would be best for…
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Hillside Elementary School
28 Glen Gary Rd, Needham, MA
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Mitchell School
187 Brookline St, Needham, MA
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Louise Miller
8:55 pm on Sunday, June 17, 2012
I completely agree with the Park and Recreation Commission. more ›