May 13, 2021
Editor, Townsman:
My children had the benefit of starting their elementary education at Shawsheen Elementary School and completing their final three years at West Elementary. While the education and commitment of the teachers was excellent, the buildings were grossly inefficient and substandard for current learning environments.
Over the years, we have put Band-Aid solutions onto both West El and Shawsheen to keep the buildings operational for our children. The problems are still there, we just continue to cover them up in hopes that they will go away.
With Andoverâs acceptance into the Massachusetts School Building Authority s grant program for school building construction, we now have the opportunity to create a permanent solution for two schools by building a West Elementary and Shawsheen Preschool academic campus on the site of the current West El.