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Progress at Union Street, Riverside school projects By STEPHEN SEITZ Special to the Eagle Times 3 hrs ago 0 Zach McLaughlin Superintendent of Springfield schools COURTESY SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — As the school year is about to begin, work is proceeding to upgrade the grounds at Union Street School and repair the supports for the glass bridge at Riverside Middle School. “I went by Union Street, and it looks much better than it did two weeks ago,” Springfield School Board chair Ed Caron said. Cramped parking has plagued Union Street for years, not helped by the presence of two houses next to it, at 33 and 47 Union Street, respectively. Two years ago, the voters approved a proposal to buy and demolish 47 Union Street, and then granted permission to do the same at number 33. The previous owner donated the property to the school. “We’ve cleared out most of the brush” at number 33, chief financial officer Rick Pembroke told the board. “We still have to fill in the hole where the foundation was, and then bring in some topsoil.” Pembroke said there was now enough land to greatly expand parking. “I’ve looked at the property, and there is a lower plateau which practically begs to become a parking lot,” he said. “Based on Crown Point Excavation's report, the cost may exceed the $15,000 estimate. We should combine those projects. Based on just my eyeball, we can get 50 spots.” Pembroke also said that there was stormwater flowing underneath the school’s current parking lot. Stormwater is also a problem at the Riverside Middle School. According to Super-intendent Zach McLaughlin, the project’s original intent was to give greater access to the middle school’s All-4-One early morning and after-school care program. Speaking after the meeting, McLaughlin said they found a lot more. “The project included a small courtyard,” McLaughlin said. “There’s a glass bridge connecting the school’s buildings, and we found that the supports were in tougher shape than we thought. After we shored up the supports, we found drainage issues. The roof drains were getting backed up.” Dealing with that raised the possibility of losing some shade trees, he added, because the stormwater was flowing through their roots. Later in the meeting, Pembroke said a solution to that problem had been found. “The best solution is to move the main drain inside the building,” he said. “That will enable us to keep the trees.” The next school board meeting takes place on Sept. 27.
Building projects are one thing, here's another, for safety get rid of backpacks.
ReplyDeleteLooks great....nice job Springfield School District!!!
ReplyDeleteLets get rid of Zach Mclaughlin now
ReplyDeleteLike him or not.....the Springfield School District is no longer one of the very top spending districts in the State of Vermont (was top 5), now I believe in the upper middle as far as cost at this point of his tenure. Springfield has a high tax rate but the school system accounts for a little more than half. Not everyone is going to agree with the all the decisions that the leader of any organization has to make, particularly a public school, especially in Springfield.
DeleteCheck your facts 11:46....sugar coating the truth helps no one!
DeleteFacts here...2:36 Truth....No Sugar
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I guess you don't even read your own links 2:53....read them and you'll see what a miserable FAILURE the Springfield School District is.
DeleteI read the Eagle Times article.....McLaughlin and finance guy......talk about the blind leading the blind!
ReplyDeleteThose scoundrels! How dare they improve the look and function of our school system! They should be flogged!
Delete50 parking spaces? HAHA HAHA......please, engage brain before making public comments!
ReplyDeleteI'll take 50 parking spaces over a dope house any day! Maybe you wouldn't, though!
DeleteThe only way to get 50 spaces on that site is if they build a parking garage! Dummies......LOL
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DeleteANONY 7:35 = In Internet slang, a troll (/troʊl, trɒl/) is a person who starts quarrels or upsets people on the Internet to distract and sow discord by posting inflammatory and digressive,[1] extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the intent of provoking readers into displaying emotional responses[2] and normalizing tangential discussion,[3] whether for the troll's amusement or a specific gain.
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DeleteMust admit, most likely without argument, the choice of president in the last election was terrible.
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DeleteUnion Street is looking much better. Nice job.
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DeleteSure Roger, he REALLY stood up to Putin, who's STILL sabotaging our elections! Kim Jong Un is just QUAKING with fear, as he continues his nuclear program! And the Chinese are just BEGGING us to stop the tariffs, aren't they? Trump is a joke, and the joke is on us!
DeleteWell, another example of how well trolling works! We've gotten completely off the subject of education. My question is, what does our reduced school spending provide when we compare the rest of Vermont's public schools with Springfield's?
ReplyDeleteWell, it wasn't really about education, it was about fixing up the schools. Thankfully, they're doing it, despite the trolls!
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