Citizens weigh in on renovations

Proposed school projects discussed at public forum

By Alex Acquisto

Staff Writer 

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 KENNEBUNK — What many might have expected to be a contentious and bristly forum on Monday night in Alexander Economos Auditorium was, in fact, not.

Regional School Board member Tim Hussey presented renovation plans for Mildred L. Day School, Consolidated School and Kennebunk High School — a project that would cost approximately $75 million —and then he and other district administration vetted comments and questions from the audience.

Most people who spoke voiced their support, some even encouraging the board to take the measure to a vote in November, before the tentatively-set referendum date in January.

Regional School Unit 21 Superintendent Andrew Dolloff, middle, responds to a question posed by Kennebunk resident Ed Karytko at the public forum Monday evening. The purpose of the forum was to educate the public and to field questions and comments pertaining to the proposed $75 million construction project for Mildred L. Day school, Consolidated School, and Kennebunk High School. (Alex Acquisto photo) “It has been an extremely diligent process to get us to this point,” Regional School Unit 21 Chairman Kevin Knight said at the beginning of the forum.

Hussey, Knight, Superintendent Andrew Dolloff, principals of each of the three schools, along with Harriman Architect + Design contractor Dan Cecil, were present to answer the public’s questions.

“This is an opportunity to provide the school board with additional perspectives as we move forward,” said Knight. “We are not looking to engage in any sort of debate, but we will try to answer all questions to the best of our abilities,” Knight said. “We want to be respectful of each other.”

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