North Adams Holding Session on School Project Options

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The community will have the opportunity to provide input Thursday on the several options for a school building project.
 
The School Building Committee will hold a community/stakeholder engagement focus group in the welcome center at Brayton Elementary School beginning at 7 p.m. The session will also be available through Zoom at this link
 
There will be a presentation on the designs for the Greylock/Brayton School Building Project and the opportunity to ask questions. A faculty and staff session will be held earlier in the afternoon. 
 
The project is at the end of the preliminary design phase. The School Committee has voted to reorganize its grade structure into early education (prekindergarten to Grade 2) and upper elementary (Grades 3 to 6). Drury will remain as Grades 7 through 12. 
 
The more recently renovated Colegrove Park Elementary School will host one of the grade levels and either Brayton or Greylock the other. One of those schools will close based on projected enrollment declines. 
 
The current options are a renovation of Brayton, a renovation/addition at Greylock or a new Greylock School. 
 
The School Building Committee have been reviewing the three options with a vote on a recommendation expected on Oct. 12; the School Committee will vote on whether to submit that preferred option to the Massachusetts School Building Authority for consideration.

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Clarksburg Sees One Race for War Memorial Trustee

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The annual town election is Tuesday, May 13, from noon to 7 p.m. at the Community Center.
 
Mail in ballots/absentee are now available. Application for mail-in ballots must be submitted to the town clerk's office no later than noon on the fifth business day before the election, which is Monday, May 5. 
 
Applications are available on the town website, or call the town clerk at 413-663-8255. Absentee ballots are available until noon May 13.
 
The only contested race on the ballot is a three-year term for War Memorial trustee between incumbent Edward Denault and newcomer Michael Rivers.
 
Seth Lewis Alexander is running unopposed for a three-year term on the Select Board. He ran unsuccessfully for the board last year but was elected a moderator, for which he also is running unopposed.
 
Other offices that are unopposed are Michael Rivers for Board of Health, Richard Bernardi for McCann School Committee, Mary Giron for Clarksburg School Committee and Kyle Hurlbut for tree warden. All of the candidates are incumbents and the offices are three-year terms. 
 
A three-year seat and a five-year seat on the Planning Board have no candidates.
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