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I agree with Stella. This is & has been a poor planning job by the School Committee. If the heating system is as bad as indicated, the School System can't wait & roll the dice this winter. It's unfortunate that the School Dept. can't obtain the 40 % reimbursement from RIDE, but that is the cost of mismanagement/incompetence. Maybe the School System/School Committee will have to delay the state of the art plans for the McDermott Pool & Thayer Ice Rink. It appears obvious that the School Committee can't set priorities; they should have planned the upgrade/installation of the new heating system at Vets before making other improvements to athletic facilities, etc. during the summer. In addition, a teachers' contract apparently is the last item on the SC's agenda-a bad PR move to say the least. Round 2 of consolidation is currently proceeding & I have little confidence in the SC with the situation as it is.