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Originally Posted by songkrai
It’s time for the taxpayers of Moultonborough to seriously consider the selling and closing of the elementary school located on Whittier Highway (Route 25).
Place the elementary students to the back school – the current high school.
Tuition out the high school students to Kingswood in Wolfeboro or Lakes Region in Meredith.
There is just not enough students to justify the large staff and ancillary staff to justify a full high school. Enrollment trends are declining and nothing seems to be stopping this decline.
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First, with this plan, whom is going to pay for the children to attend schools out of our district? Whom will pay for the bus company to bring the children (some) close to an hour away from their homes (and the gas, and the salary of the bus drivers who will be working longer hours and for the increase maintenance of the buses)? You complain about taxes now? Oh boy!!
Second, have you seen how much commercial real estate is for sale in town? How it's just sitting on the market? To try to sell the central school is downright impossible right now!!
Third, there has been no mention of the loss of jobs of all the fine educators we have in this town.
My opinion is if you want the town to go back to the way it was 50 years ago, enjoy your memories of that time, but let others make the decisions to move this town forward.