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Ridgefield News
December 23, 1998

Town Regroups After School Referendum Defeat


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New School Coming?
Referendum Defeat Sparks Multiple Initiatives

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On November 21, Ridgefield voters refused to approve the Town's latest plan to build a new middle school. Since then, events have moved at a rapid pace as the town searches for a plan that will relieve the serious school overcrowding and yet be acceptable to the voters.

In the week after the referendum, both the Board of Education and the Board of Selectmen held urgent meetings to assess the damage and decide how to proceed. The school board convened a public meeeting; a record crowd turned out and vented its frustration about lack of progress. With this latest public input, the Board then held an unusual Saturday session to do some "brainstorming" about options for expanding school capacity.

Meanwhile a plan emerged for a new supersize Oversight Committee to gain consensus on an acceptable approach for a school site. Members were selected, and the Committee has now held its first meeting.


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