It's Too Big. It's Too Expensive. It's Wrong For Ipswich.
Letter’s from your neighbors in support of two community schools.
By Jacob Borgman
Dear Citizens of Ipswich,
We believe in the best possible education for all children who live in Ipswich.
We also believe in a school system which adds as much value as possible for the entire town, for each of its citizens, young, old, employed, unemployed, or retired, without unduly burdening any segment of its population.
We believe in honoring a wide range of sentiments on issues of central importance for our community, and making decisions based on sound scientific studies.
For these reasons, we believe in keeping and improving our two elementary schools.
Continue reading “Some Students Need a Downtown School and a Fair Chance at Success”
By Nicole Whitten
I am writing this in enormous gratitude for the endless time and energy that all the boards have put forth for Ipswich’s elementary school project. Not many understand how much is sacrificed for the sake of others when holding public office. Sincere thanks for your civic duty.
When the new elementary project first began I was very certain that a combined downtown location elementary school was best for our youngest students and citizens. At this time, I feel compelled to share my reasoning for being strongly opposed to the Doyon site for a combined elementary school.
Continue reading “It Makes Me Sick to My Stomach, but I Cannot Support Single School at Doyon”
By Steve Chaggaris
Last night’s untelevised tri-board meeting (in addition the school committee meeting of May 18) revealed that there’s a robust amount of citizens who — regardless of the school committee’s majority vote — are simply not in favor of building one large elementary school.
Many of us in the Winthrop community who were largely in favor of keeping two separate elementary schools settled for one new school when it was decided that the most accessible site for this new school would be the Winthrop property.
Personally, I accepted the purported one-school solution as a compromise. (I would’ve accepted this compromise solution on the Bialek site as well, but the selectmen removed Bialek from the school committee’s consideration).
Continue reading “Bialek Was a Compromise But, In My Heart, I Longed for Two Separate Schools”