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The Jamestown Public Schools’ capital needs, particularly at Jamestown High School, are nothing new. Bret Apthorpe, former Jamestown Public Schools superintendent, made clear almost two years ago his intention to modernize the high school. The work is as necessary now as it was then. Of course, the difference is Apthorpe wasn’t dealing with a state education budget decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic as Dr. Kevin Whitaker, the district’s current superintendent, will have to do. The district’s $86.2 million capital project is a difficult one to analyze precisely because of the state�...

jwhittaker@post-journal.com Dr. Kevin Whitaker, Jamestown Public Schools superintendent, said the former Rogers Elementary School could be put to use for the district. P-J file photo The former Rogers Elementary School may have a new lease on life thanks to a proposed capital project in the Jamestown Public Schools district. Since the elementary school’s closure, it has housed the short-lived Success Academy and now houses the TEAM program. Dr. Kevin Whitaker, Jamestown Public Schools superintendent, told board members that the building could serve a purpose for the district both during an...