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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.
Doug Fraser dfraser@capecodonline.com
NORTH EASTHAM – Towns in the Nauset Regional School District will be voting this spring on a proposed new $132 million high school.
Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet and Brewster will not be voting at separate town meetings as is customary. Instead, the regional school committee voted unanimously Thursday night to have all four towns vote on the same day at a special town election. Absentee and mail-in voting will be available.
The date has not been determined.
Town meetings should have decided the project s fate this past spring, but the pandemic caused towns to postpone or strip down their annual town meetings. Committee Chairman Christopher Easley said his board was worried that waiting for town meeting approval this spring could cause the project to miss a critical May 31 deadline set by the Massachusetts School Building Authority to qualify for $36.6 million in state reimbursement money.