BREWSTER Members of the Finance Committee last week raised concerns over how costs associated with School Choice programming will drive up the overall cost of the proposed Nauset Regional High School project.
In a presentation to the Finance Committee earlier this month, committee member Robert Young voiced concerns not only with the $132 million capital cost of the project, $96 million of which would be absorbed by the four district towns, but also the estimated $4 million to $5 million cost of subsidizing School Choice at the high school.
Young presented data from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, including total School Choice reimbursement figures, tuition costs paid by
27 January 2021
By: Ed Maroney
Several of these signs are out along Route 6A in Brewster, whose select board and finance committee were scheduled to host a summit meeting Monday night with members of the regional school committee, high school building committee, and Nauset administration.
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ORLEANS Confusing and conflicting information from both sides of the debate over the proposed renovation and expansion of Nauset Regional High School is roiling the waters in the four district towns.
What appeared to be a final word (“No”) on further funding extensions from the Massachusetts State Building Authority was actually much more nuanced. Claims that approving the project at town meetings would require a two-thirds margin turn out be wrong.
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BREWSTER The Nauset Regional School Committee is defending its plan to hold a district-wide vote March 30, seeking approval from voters in Brewster, Eastham, Orleans and Wellfleet for its $132 million plan to renovate and expand Nauset high school.
In a presentation before the Brewster Select Board Monday, school committee chairman Chris Easley said there are concerns that separate spring town meeting votes cannot be done in time to secure a $36.6 million grant from the Massachusetts School Building Authority.
The grant offer is valid until May 31, and if spring town meetings are delayed due to the pandemic, the grant could be lost, the committee has said.
By WXTK News
Jan 19, 2021
A vote to renovate and add on to Nauset High School might go through a town meeting, after all.
Cape Cod state Representative Tim Whelan says he spoke to the Massachusetts School Building Authority, which advised it would be willing to extend an application deadline for state reimbursement.
The Nauset Regional School Committee has announced plans to have a single-day, district-wide vote in Brewster, Eastham, Orleans and Wellfleet at the end of March instead of the town meeting because of stated concerns about missing the reimbursement deadline.
The price tag for the project is 132-million dollars.