By JIM SULLIVAN | The Daily News of Newburyport, Mass. | Published: December 11, 2020 AMESBURY, Mass. (Tribune News Service) The new Amesbury elementary school will be named after Sgt. Jordan Shay, a graduate of Amesbury High School who was killed in 2009 on his second tour of duty in Iraq. On a 5-2 vote Monday night, the Amesbury School Committee said the planned building will be known as the Sgt. Jordan Shay Memorial Lower Elementary School. The city is working with the Massachusetts School Building Authority to build the $60.5 million school next to the Cashman Elementary School on Lions Mouth Road. According to a press release from Mayor Kassandra Gove s office, school construction is expected to break ground in 2021, with an anticipated open date in early 2023.
Sgt. Jordan Shay
AMESBURY â The new Amesbury elementary school will be named after Sgt. Jordan Shay, a graduate of Amesbury High School who was killed in 2009 on his second tour of duty in Iraq.
On a 5-2 vote Monday night, the Amesbury School Committee said the planned building will be known as the Sgt. Jordan Shay Memorial Lower Elementary School.
The city is working with the Massachusetts School Building Authority to build the $60.5 million school next to the Cashman Elementary School on Lions Mouth Road. According to a press release from Mayor Kassandra Goveâs office, school construction is expected to break ground in 2021, with an anticipated open date in early 2023.