Amherst could apply to MSBA for Fort River Mega-School as soon as next month
The town already heard back from the Mass School Building Authority and as expected they rejected the idea of twin grades K-6 schools vs the just defeated concept of twin grades 2-6 schools as being a slight enough tweak to keep the current overall $67 million Mega School building plan in play.
Amherst Mega School Dilemma by Larry Kelley on Scribd
For the past six months we've heard nothing but how extraordinarily bureaucratic the MSBA is, and that every i must be double dotted and every t double crossed.
Of course the only thing town/school officials really wanted is the extension from February 2 until March 31st to have another attempt at brow beating Amherst Town Meeting into giving it the two-thirds super majority it requires to pass.
Town Meeting voted down Mega School 108-106
Considering it failed to even garner a simple majority last month, a Herculean task indeed no matter how much time the state gives them to lobby.
But that will not stop the Select Board from trying one last time to ram it through.
Considering how often they played the role of General Custer this past session with ALL of their unanimously supported major articles being shot down by Town Meeting, they better wear arrow proof shirts at that Special Town Meeting.