Voters opt to renovate school, nix new wing
Bangor Daily News, January 25, 2007
(excerpt) Local residents voted Tuesday to renovate the town’s elementary school but rejected a proposal to build a new wing onto the back of it.
David Bridgham, business manager for School Union 92, said Wednesday that the vote means the town will borrow money from the state to improve substandard features such as the lighting, the electrical system, and the water supply. Ceiling tiles will be replaced, a vapor barrier installed in the roof, and two new smaller boilers will replace the existing one, he said. If there is enough money remaining, the school’s septic issues also will be addressed.
"The gym will stay as it is," Bridgham said. "The portable classrooms will remain."
The decision to borrow money to renovate the existing structure was made by a 3-to-1 margin, with 582 voters in favor of it and 185 voters opposed. As for borrowing more money to construct a new gym and classrooms off the back of the Route 184 structure, that was defeated in a 420-348 vote.
(excerpt) Local residents voted Tuesday to renovate the town’s elementary school but rejected a proposal to build a new wing onto the back of it.
David Bridgham, business manager for School Union 92, said Wednesday that the vote means the town will borrow money from the state to improve substandard features such as the lighting, the electrical system, and the water supply. Ceiling tiles will be replaced, a vapor barrier installed in the roof, and two new smaller boilers will replace the existing one, he said. If there is enough money remaining, the school’s septic issues also will be addressed.
"The gym will stay as it is," Bridgham said. "The portable classrooms will remain."
The decision to borrow money to renovate the existing structure was made by a 3-to-1 margin, with 582 voters in favor of it and 185 voters opposed. As for borrowing more money to construct a new gym and classrooms off the back of the Route 184 structure, that was defeated in a 420-348 vote.
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