Warren board disagrees over school site

Warren board disagrees over school site

WARREN — With one new school location yet to be determined for the district, information about possible sites for the building has stirred up some tension among board members.

Michael McCarroll, a project manager, presented the board and community members information regarding the McGuffey school on Tod Avenue or a site on Parkman Road at an open work session of the school board today at the YWCA on North Park Avenue.

The Parkman site is 17 acres, has one point of entrance, and has wetlands that needed to be mitigated in order to start building. That mitigation would cause a six-month construction delay, McCarroll said.

McGuffey is 11 acres and has two entrances and does not have any mitigation costs.

Board members are in disagreement about which is the best site, and members argued about what could have been done and what should be done.

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