Newtown Panel Recommends Tearing Down Sandy Hook Elementary, Rebuilding on Same Site. [View all]
Source: Associated Press
@AP: BREAKING: Newtown panel recommends tearing down Sandy Hook elementary, rebuilding on same site. -MM
Sandy Hook school to be demolished, new school built on same site
Published: Friday, May 10, 2013
NEWTOWN — A taskforce in Newtown has voted to demolish the current Sandy Hook school building and build a new school on the same site.
The panel of 28 elected officials had narrowed the choices to three: renovating Sandy Hook Elementary School, tearing it down and building a new school on the same site or tearing it down and building a new school on nearby property.
The taskforce struggled last Friday to move toward a recommendation before a crowd of more than 90 people, as members discussed options that weren't among the finalists. The town consultant, Richard Harwood, president of The Harwood Institute in Bethesda, Md., said the panel will likely make a decision Friday night.
The panel's recommendation would then go to the local school board and ultimately go before voters as a referendum.
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