Date: Fri 09-Oct-1998

Publication: Bee

Author: STEVEB

Quick Words:

schools-grade-five-six

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Council Members Join Study Of Grade 5-6 School

With the town currently considering the construction of a new fifth- and

sixth-grade school, the Legislative Council wants to make sure it has all the

information necessary.

The council will have to approve the financing of the proposed $20 million

project.

The middle school is reportedly full to capacity, and school officials say

they have no choice but to propose a new school.

This week, council chairman Pierre Rochman appointed council members Joe

Borst, Peggy Baiad and Lisa Schwartz to serve on the Board of Education's

project planning committee.

Recently, school officials returned from a trip to Michigan where they toured

a handful of grade five/six schools. Michigan is said to be the first state to

build schools solely for the fifth- and sixth-grade levels.